Reading the Book of Daniel Radically: Mysticism in the Book of Daniel
By Larry D. George, Ph.D.
What if the Book of Daniel was never meant to be decoded-but encountered?
For generations, Daniel has been reduced to two extremes: children's stories of courage or charts predicting the end of the world. In Reading the Book of Daniel Radically, Dr. Larry D. George invites you beyond both. This is not a book about speculation. It is a book about vision.
Rooted in biblical scholarship, theological depth, and mystical tradition, this work recovers Daniel as a text of spiritual perception, cosmic reality, and faithful endurance under empire. Rather than asking, "When will this happen?" this book asks a deeper question: "What is Daniel revealing about reality itself?"
Inside, you will discover:
- A reawakening of apocalyptic consciousness-seeing heaven as actively shaping earth
- A profound exploration of dreams, visions, and divine encounter as legitimate ways of knowing
- A recovery of mysticism as participation, not escape
- A bold reading of empire, resistance, and faithfulness as ongoing spiritual realities
- Rich engagement with Jewish apocalyptic tradition, early Christianity, and Ethiopian biblical interpretation
- A Christ-centered vision of Daniel that moves beyond prediction into transformation
This volume challenges modern assumptions that reduce Scripture to information. Instead, it presents Daniel as a formational text-one that reshapes how you see, how you pray, and how you live in a world still marked by power, suffering, and hope.
Written for scholars, clergy, spiritual seekers, and serious readers of Scripture, this book calls you to recover what has been lost:
the ability to see as Daniel saw.
This is not a safer reading of Daniel.
It is a truer one.
