Daniel
Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching
1st Edition
Published on 15. December 2011
146 pages
978-1-61164-687-0 (ISBN)
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This volume, a part of the Interpretation commentary series, explores the book of Daniel.
Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching is a distinctive resource for those who interpret the Bible in the church. Planned and written specifically for teaching and preaching needs, this critically acclaimed biblical commentary is a major contribution to scholarship and ministry.
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W. Sibley Towner is Professor Emeritus of Biblical Interpretation at Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian Education in Richmond, Virginia. He is the author of How God Deals With Evil and David, a volume in the Interpretation commentary series.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- Why Read the Book of Daniel?
- The Approach of This Commentary: Five Assumptions
- The Hero
- Literary Structure, Date, and Language
- The Identity of the Authors
- Daniel and the Wise
- The Prophetic Roots and Social Setting of Apocalyptic Literature
- Comparative Chronological Table for the Book of Daniel
- Commentary
- Part One: Six Diaspora Stories About Daniel Daniel 1-6
- Daniel 1: The Story That Sets the Stage
- The Tale of the Ideal Courtiers
- The Food Fit for a King
- Daniel and the Vision of Deutero-Isaiah
- A Theological Assessment of Daniel 1
- Daniel 2: Daniel as Wise Man
- The Court Tale of Contest
- The Miracle Story (vv. 1-30)
- The Dream, Its Interpretation and the Denouement (vv. 31-49)
- A Theological Assessment of Daniel 2
- Daniel 3: "It's Cool in the Furnace Lord!"
- The Court Tale of Conflict
- The Crisis and the Conflict (vv. 1-18)
- The Punishment, the Song of the Three Young Men, and the Stranger in the Flames (vv. 19-25)
- The Miracle and the Royal Testimony (vv. 26-30)
- A Theological Assessment of Daniel 3
- Daniel 4: The King Goes Mad and Then Recovers
- The Court Tale of Contest
- A Theological Assessment of Daniel 4
- Daniel 5: God's Graffiti
- The Court Tale of Contest
- Belshazzar and Darius the Mede
- The Problem (vv. 1-9)
- The Queen Introduces Daniel (vv. 10-16)
- Daniel Indicts the King (vv. 17-23)
- Daniel Interprets God's Sentence Upon the King (vv. 24-28)
- Daniel Receives His Reward and the King Receives His (vv. 29-31)
- A Theological Assessment of Daniel 5
- Daniel 6: Man of God Against Lions
- The Court Tale of Conflict
- The Conspiracy (vv. 1-9)
- Daniel's Passion (vv. 10-18)
- The Deliverance (vv. 19-24)
- A Theological Assessment of Daniel 6
- Part Two Three Apocalyptic Visions and the Prayer of Daniel Daniel 7-12
- Daniel 7: The Vision of the Son of Man
- The Dream Vision
- The Animal Allegory and the Meaning of Myth
- The Historical Environment of Daniel 7
- The Dream Account (vv. 9-14)
- The Host and the Books
- The Dominion Is Given to One "Like a Son of Man"
- The Interpretation of the Vision (vv. 15-22, 23-28)
- The Gospels and the Son of Man
- A Theological Assessment of Daniel 7
- Daniel 8: The Vision of the Ram and the He-goat
- The Vision Account
- The Vision and the Angelic Interpretation (vv. 3-14, 19-25)
- The Interlude (vv. 15-18)
- Two Interpretative Motifs (v. 26) and the Sequel (v. 27)
- A Theological Assessment of Daniel 8
- Daniel 9: Daniel's Prayer and Gabriel's Message
- The Content of Chapter 9
- The Setting and the Problem of the Seventy Years (vv. 1-2)
- The Preparations for Prayer (vv. 3-4a)
- The Prose Prayer of Penitence (vv. 4b-19)
- A Theological Assessment of Daniel 9:4b-19
- The Angelic Interpretation of Daniel's "Perception" (vv. 20-27)
- A Theological Assessment of Daniel 9
- Daniel 10-12: The Final Vision and an Ominous Postscript
- The Final Vision: A First Reading
- The Onset (10:1-11:1)
- The Course of Human History (11:2-39)
- The Apocalypse (11:40-12:4)
- An Ominous Postscript and Two Redating Glosses (12:5-13)
- A Theological Assessment of Daniel 10-12
- Bibliography
