Daniel 4 Footnotes

4:16,32-33 Nebuchadnezzar’s appalling illness resembles a well-documented psychological malady known as “lycanthropy” (lit “wolf-man”), although there is insufficient detail in the text to assume that he suffered from that particular condition.

4:30 Historical sources (e.g., Herodotus, Berosus, cuneiform inscriptions) and archaeological excavations have substantiated Nebuchadnezzar’s claim concerning Babylon’s grandeur and the king’s extensive building program. Ancient Greeks regarded Babylon’s famous Hanging Gardens as one of the “seven wonders of the world,” and bricks from ancient Babylon are stamped with Nebuchadnezzar’s name.