Daniel
Tyndale Old Testament Commentary
Published on 1. January 2015
224 pages
978-1-78359-257-9 (ISBN)
Description
Daniel in the lions' den and Belshazzar's feast are well-known stories, but the book of Daniel can be difficult to understand. It is about the meaning of history, and the church today needs to rely on the certainties it proclaims: 'namely that God is constantly overruling and judging in the affairs of men, putting down the mighty from their seats, overthrowing unjust regimes and effectively bringing in his kingdom, which is to embrace all nations.' Joyce Baldwin's commentary includes discussion of interpretative and critical issues, and additional notes on key topics.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Nottingham
United Kingdom
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Reflowable
ISBN-13
978-1-78359-257-9 (9781783592579)
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11/2009
Inter-Varsity Press
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Person
Joyce G. Baldwin (B.A., B.D.) was principal of Trinity College, Bristol, and wrote several volumes in the Tyndale Old Testament Commentary series. She died in 1996.
Content
- Intro
- Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries
- Daniel
- CONTENTS
- General preface
- Author's preface
- Chief Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. A preliminary look at the book
- 2. Questions of history
- a. The siege of Jerusalem in the third year of Jehoiakim (Dan. 1:1)
- b. King Belshazzar
- c. Darius the Mede
- d. Use of the term 'Chaldean'
- 3. The original languages
- 4. Date and unity of the book
- a. Is there a single place of origin?
- b. Is there more than one author?
- c. The case for and against a second-century date
- d. Evidence from Qumran
- 5. Literary genre
- a. Origins of apocalyptic
- b. The significance of the exile
- c. Distinctiveness of Daniel
- 6. Structure
- a. The book has a discernible pattern
- b. There is progressive parallelism
- 7. Interpretation
- 8. Text and canon
- Hebrew/Aramaic
- Greek
- Canon
- 9. Some dates of importance for the book of Daniel
- 10. Fragments of Daniel manuscripts from Qumran
- 11. Other documents relating to Daniel
- Analysis
- PART I: STORIES
- PART II: VISIONS
- Commentary
- Part I: Stories
- 1. Prologue: The Setting (1:1-21)
- a. Historical introduction (1:1, 2)
- b. The captives introduced (1:3-7)
- c. To conform or not to conform? (1:8-21)
- 2. The Nations And The Most High God (2:1-7:28)
- A. Nebuchadrezzar dreams of four kingdoms and of God's kingdom (2:1-49)
- a. The forgotten dream (2:1-11)
- b. Daniel's response (2:12-24)
- c. The dream and its meaning (2:25-45)
- d. Nebuchadrezzar's gratitude (2:46-49)
- Additional note on Nebuchadrezzar's dream statue
- B. Nebuchadrezzar the tyrant sees God's servants rescued (3:1-30)
- a. Nebuchadrezzar's golden image unites the empire (3:1-7)
- b. Three Jews protest (3:8-18)
- c. Deliverance in the furnace (3:19-30)
- C. Judgment on Nebuchadrezzar (4:1-37)
- a. Address and ascription of greatness to the Most High God (4:1-3)
- b. The disturbing dream (4:4-18)
- b1. Daniel's interpretation and its fulfilment (4:19-33)
- a. Thanksgiving for recovery (4:34-37)
- Additional note on the prayer of Nabonidus
- C1. Judgment on Belshazzar (5:1-31)
- a. The writing on the wall (5:1-12)
- b. Daniel's interpretation (5:13-31)
- B1. Darius the Mede sees Daniel rescued (6:1-28)
- a. The plot (6:1-9)
- b. Daniel accused (6:10-18)
- c. Daniel's deliverance (6:19-28)
- Survey of Part I
- Part II: Visions
- A1. Daniel has a vision of four kingdoms and of God's kingdom (7:1-28)
- a. The vision (7:1-14)
- b. The interpretation (7:15-28)
- Additional note: Son of man
- 3. The Second and Third Kingdoms Identified (8:1-27)
- a. The vision of the ram and he-goat (8:1-8)
- b. A little horn (8:9-14)
- c. An interpreter explains the visions (8:15-27)
- Summary
- 4. Daniel's Prayer And The Vision Of The Seventy 'Weeks' (9:1-27)
- a. Jerusalem still desolate (9:1-3)
- b. Daniel's prayer (9:4-19)7
- c. Reassurance and further understanding (9:20-27)
- Additional note: Some interpretations of the seventy sevens
- 1. The historical interpretation
- 2. Interpretation at Qumran
- 3. Interpretation in the New Testament
- 4. Jewish and early Christian interpretation
- 5. Present-day interpretations
- 5. Vision Of The Heavenly Messenger And His Final Revelation (10:1-12:13)
- a. Vision of the heavenly messenger (10:1-11:1)
- b. The Persian empire (11:2)
- c. The Greek conqueror (11:3, 4)
- d. South versus north (11:5-9)
- e. North versus south (11:10-20)
- f. A contemptible person (11:21-45)
- g. Death and resurrection (12:1-4)
- h. Epilogue (12:5-13)
