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The Lost Dream: An Exposition of the Dream of Nebuchadnezzar

Luther Wilson · 1906

A 1906 religious book by Luther Wilson that explains the king's dream and other visions in the Book of Daniel. It is an interpretive work, not a historical account of the king.

A later religious interpretation of a dream the king is said to have had, not a historical source about him.

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What it is

This is a 240-page book by Rev. Luther Wilson, published in 1906 with copyright in 1907. It is a religious exposition centred on the dream of Nebuchadnezzar in the Book of Daniel, and it also covers other visions and prophecies in that book. The title page says the work is composed on a new plan and offers some new lines of thought for students of Daniel.

Why it matters

The book shows how a Christian writer in the early twentieth century read a story about a Babylonian king. It is not a historical study of Nebuchadnezzar, and it treats the Bible story as a source of spiritual meaning. Reading it alongside objects from the king's own time, such as the inscribed cylinder in this archive, shows the difference between a religious reading and evidence from his reign.

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What does the author say the dream means, and what evidence does he use to support that meaning?
Why might a writer in 1906 want to explain a story from the Book of Daniel to readers?
What does this book leave out that a historian studying the king would want to know?

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