Abstract
An examination of the nature of the ‘princes’ of Persia and Greece in Daniel 10 suggests that these figures could just as easily be the temporal leaders of those kingdoms as angelic or heavenly figures of some sort. This is indicative of an apocalyptic cosmology of permeability between earth and heaven that has not always been well appreciated. This conclusion is supported by a number of features of the narratives in chs. 7-9 and also chs. 10-12. It is also in tune with the nature of the book of Daniel as a whole, with its juxtaposition of court tales and heavenly visions. The significance of this for contemporary missiology and theology, as well as pastoral practice, is explored in an Appendix to the article
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