Abed-nego

(əbĕd`nēgō), in the Book of DanielDaniel,
book of the Bible. It combines "court" tales, perhaps originating from the 6th cent. B.C., and a series of apocalyptic visions arising from the time of the Maccabean emergency (167–164 B.C.
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in the Book of Daniel, the three men cast by Nebuchadnezzar into the fiery furnace and delivered by an angel. Their names are Abed-nego, Shadrach, and Meshach, in Babylonian; Azariah, Hananiah, and Mishael, in Hebrew; and Azarias, Ananias, and Misael, in Greek.
..... Click the link for more information. , educated with Daniel in the court of Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. With his three companions, Abed-nego was thrown into the furnace.

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Hebrews 11:5-7, NASB) Through faith in God David destroyed Goliath against all odds, Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego were protected in the fiery furnace, Daniel was not eaten by the lions, Gideon was victorious, the sick were healed, the lame walked, the blind could see and the dead was raised.

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The second time this punishment is imposed is in Dan 3:29 where Nebuchadnezzar warns that anyone that dishonors the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego "will be dismembered and his house will be reduced to rubble.

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Each of the play's three acts corresponds roughly to one of the play's principle characters, Abed-nego, Shadrach, and Meshach, in that order.

If we understand that Shadrach's use of language is informed by, or represents, a literal impulse, the attributes of language associated with Abed-nego and Meshach may also be simplified or conceptualized.

It appears that, at some time in the past, Abed-nego has molested a child.

The first act, corresponding to Abed-nego, sets up the roles and relations of the characters and establishes the analogy with the Book of Daniel in a direct manner.

Abed-nego embodies a movement toward the representation or the words themselves.

We have noted that Abed-nego, Shadrach, and Meshach all have a specious claim to possess justice, each for his own reason.

We see Abed-nego succumb to an Eve complex, and the temptations of a child who is not fertile.

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