Context:

Referenced in discussion of prophecies about empires: 'we've talked about the book of Daniel in, I think, in the Babylon episode, didn't we? Where he sees four beasts coming out of the ocean. And he's told that these beasts are empires that will succeed one after the other.'

Context:

Biblical book discussed extensively, including the stories of Belshazzar's Feast, the writing on the wall, Daniel in the lions' den, and Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the fiery furnace.

Context:

Ali mentions this biblical text as carrying 'fairly strong sort of Zoroastrian tropes and ideas' when discussing Persian religious influence