The reading today is from the Book of Daniel.

今天朗读的经文选自《但以理书》。

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Now the book of Daniel is in two halves.

但以理书分为两部分。

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They tend to be pseudonymous, and they are set deep in the past like we saw in the book of Daniel.

通常它们作者都是用假名的，背景设在很久以前，就像《但以理书》那样。

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William Blake mocked the British monarchy with his illustration of Nebuchadnezzar eating grass from a story in the Book of Daniel.

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He was also called the Son of Man, reaching back to an ancient Hebraic phrase, which had rather humbling connotations. (It was in the Book of Daniel that a visionary figure called the Son of Man came into view, in apocalyptic terms).

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