BIBLIOGRAPHY
FOR THE BOOK OF DANIEL
Compiled by Dr. J. Paul Tanner
May 18, 2011
ORGANIZATION OF THE BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Archaeological Background
(incl. Literary Documents)
Devotional Treatments; Preaching Helps
Greek and Syriac Translations of Daniel
Hellenistic History and Background
(incl. Greek loan-words)
Hermeneutics in Regard to
Daniel (incl. Apoc. Lit.)
Higher Criticism:
Date, Authorship, Historical Reliability
Literary Features and Structural
Matters
Persian History and Background
Religion, Babylonian and Ancient Near Eastern
Revelation,
Relationship to The Book of
Chapters 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Anderson, Robert A.
Signs and Wonders: A Commentary on the Book of Daniel.
International Theological Commentary.
Archer, Gleason L.,
Jr. "Daniel."
In The Expositor's Bible
Commentary, 7:3-157.
This is an
outstanding commentary by a recognized evangelical scholar from a premillennial
viewpoint. This commentary along
with Miller's represent two of the best available in English.
Archer does provide some technical detail and Hebrew-Aramaic notes
lacking in many popular-level works.
Highly recommended.
Archer, Gleason L.,
Jr.
Jerome's Commentary on Daniel.
A translation and
guide to Jerome's commentary. Cf.
Braverman below.
Baldwin, Joyce G.
Daniel;
An Introduction and Commentary.
Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries.
This is a helpful
readable commentary from a British conservative scholar.
She handles well the introductory problems and includes excursuses on the
prayer of Nabonidus, the "son of man," and Daniel's seventy weeks.
Braverman, Jay.
Jerome's Commentary on Daniel:
A Study of Comparative Jewish and Christian Interpretations of the Hebrew
Bible. In
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly Monograph
Series No. 7.
Buchanan, George Wesley.
The Book of Daniel.
The Mellen Biblical Commentary, Old Testament Series, vol. 25.
Calvin, John. Daniel.
This Banner of Truth edition (printed in one volume) has been reprinted
from the Calvin Translation Society two volume edition of 1852-53, edited by
Thomas Myers.
Charles, Robert H.
A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on
the Book of Daniel.
Collins, John J.
Daniel.
Hermenia.
Culver, Robert D. "Daniel."
In The Wycliffe Bible Commentary,
edited by C. F. Pfeiffer and E. F. Harrison.
DeHaan, Martin R.
Daniel the Prophet.
Driver, Samuel R.
The Book of Daniel.
The
Critical approach, although there is some linguistic and historical help on the
text.
Feinberg, Charles
Lee.
Daniel; The Man and His Visions.
Dr. Feinberg is a
Hebrew-Christian who came to faith in Christ many years ago as a Rabbinical
student. He has taught on the
faculty of Talbot Seminary for many years.
This is a brief nontechnical exposition of the book from a dispensational
premillennial viewpoint.
Helpful. He understands the "King"
of Dan 11:36 to be not the Beast of Rev 13, but the False Prophet (whom he
regards as the Antichrist). He also
holds this "Antichrist" to be Jewish.
Ferguson, Sinclair
B. Daniel.
The Preacher's Commentary, vol. 21.
Nashville, TN: Thomas
Nelson, 2002.
Written from a Reformed and amillennial perspective.
Gaebelein, A. C.
The Prophet Daniel.
14th ed.
A premillennial
treatment from one of the "old school" dispensationalists.
Helpful for a historical perspective on dispensational interpretation.
Goldingay, John.
Daniel. Word Biblical
Commentary, vol. 30.
This is a very
up-to-date commentary, but disappointingly not as conservative as I would like
to see (this series could be considered quasi-conservative; several volumes buy
into critical positions). The
format of the book, however, is excellent.
Many helpful technical notes, but weak in interpretation.
Assumes that the "seventy weeks" prophecy in Dan 9:24-27 finds
fulfillment in the Maccabbean period with Antiochus Epiphanes (the standard
critical view).
Goldwurm, Rabbi
Hersh.
Daniel; A New Translation with a Commentary Anthologized from Talmudic,
Midrashic and Rabbinic Sources.
2nd ed.
This is a Jewish
commentary containing a wealth of information on Rabbinic comments on Daniel as
well as lexical help.
Gowan, Donald E.
Daniel.
Abingdon Old Testament Commentaries.
OT Abstracts: “The
Introduction covers the usual problems:
setting of the book, date (final form 165
B.C.),
authorship and question of pseudonymity, languages and text, place in canon,
genres in chaps. 1–6 and 7–12, use of earlier traditions, style, structure,
Daniel as a work of theology. The
commentary of each section follows the same pattern:
literary analysis, exegetical analysis, and theological and ethical
analysis.”
Hartman, Louis F.,
and Alexander A. DiLella.
The Book of Daniel.
The Anchor Bible. Garden
City, NY: Doubleday & Co., Inc.,
1978.
Although most of the
conclusions will not be acceptable to conservatives, this is probably one of the
best treatments from a critical perspective. There is a denial of the
historicity of Daniel, yet there is much help in the lexical notes.
Well researched, although weak in interpretation.
Hippolytus.
Commentary on Daniel.
Translated by Maurice Lefèvre. SC
14.
Hitziz, F.
Das Buch Daniel.
Ironside, H. A.
Lectures on Daniel the Prophet.
Ironside was famous
as a solid expositor of Scripture (from the older premillennial, dispensational
camp).
Jeffrey, A.
"The Exegesis of the Book of Daniel."
In The Interpreter's Bible,
ed. G. Buttrick, vol. VI, 341-59.
Jerusalmi, Rabbi
Isaac.
The Aramaic Sections of Ezra and Daniel;
A Philological Commentary.
2nd rev. ed.
An indispensable aid
for work with the Aramaic text of Daniel.
Keil, C. F.
"Biblical Commentary on the Book of Daniel."
In vol 9: Ezekiel, Daniel.
Translated by M.G. Easton.
Commentary on the Old Testament. 10
vols. N.p., 1884; reprint ed.,
This is a very full
interaction with the text from a conservative viewpoint.
Quite technical, but weak in interpretation as a result of an amillennial
approach. Obviously not up to date
with current scholarship and archaeological matters.
Kelly, William.
Notes on the Book of Daniel.
7th ed.
A learned writer in
Kennedy, Gerald. Daniel.
The Interpreter's Bible, edited by George A. Buttrick.
Vol. VI.
Kliefoth, T.
Das Buch Daniel übersetzt und erklärt.
Lacocque, André.
The Book of Daniel.
Trans. David Pellauer.
Chapters 1–6 (Daniel A) are midrashim; 8–12 are apocalypses;
7 is both. [Daniel B =
7–12].
Lucas, Ernest C.
Daniel. Apollos Old
Testament Commentary 20.
“Dealing mainly with the text in its present form, L. is sceptical about
the possibility of recovering earlier forms of the Daniel tradition.
A Brief introduction summarizes matters of textual transmission, the
translation philosophy underlying L.’s rendering of the Hebrew/Aramaic text,
genre considerations, hermeneutical issues, and the historical context.
A chart calls attention to dates of various kinds and events that are
relevant to understanding Daniel.
Each unit of the commentary proper is divided into four sections:
(1) ‘Notes’ treats issues of textual criticism, grammar, and semantics;
(2) ‘Form and structure’ highlights concerns of genre, organization, unity, and
word usage; (3) ‘Comment’ provides detailed examination of historical, cultural,
and religious questions; while (4) ‘Explanation’ stresses theological topics,
with some consideration of the contemporary implications of the Book of Daniel.
Issues of date and authorship are tackled in an ‘Epilogue.’”
[OT Absr 27:2, June 2004].
Lucas, Ernest C.
"Daniel." In Isaiah,
Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, ed. John H. Walton, 518-75.
Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary, Vol. 4.
Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan,
2009.
Leupold, H.C.
Exposition of Daniel.
1949. Reprint ed.
A conservative
commentary from the amillennial viewpoint.
MacArther, John, Jr.
The Future of
MacRae, Allan A.
The Prophecies of Daniel.
Miller, Stephen R.
Daniel.
The New American Commentary.
Vol. 18. Broadman & Holman
Publishers, 1994.
An excellent commentary from an evangelical point of view.
The author writes from a premillennial perspective, interacts well with
other scholars (both critical and conservative evangelical), and has provided a
well-researched commentary with ample footnoting.
This (along with Gleason Archer's commentary) may be the best commentary
available. Highly recommended!
Montgomery, James A.
A
Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Daniel.
The International Critical Commentary.
Although somewhat
dated, this is still the most complete treatment of the textual data of Daniel.
Pentecost, J.
Dwight. "Daniel."
In The Bible Knowledge Commentary,
Old Testament, ed. by John F. Walvoord and Roy B. Zuck, 1323-75.
Dr. Pentecost has
served on the faculty of Dallas Seminary for over 35 years, and is the author of
the classic work on prophecy, Things to
Come. The commentary here is
brief and nontechnical from a dispensational premillennial viewpoint.
Helpful.
Phillips, John.
Exploring the Book of Daniel.
John Phillips Commentary Series.
Kregel Publications,
2003.
Porteous, Norman W.
Daniel, a Commentary.
2d rev. ed.
Contains a useful supplement reviewing publications since the original
edition of 1962.
Pusey, E. B.
Lectures on Daniel the Prophet.
This work stems from
nine lectures that Pusey delivered at the divinity
Sevener, Harold A.
God's Man in
A readable exposition of Daniel from a premillennial and dispensational
viewpoint, written by a former director of Chosen People Ministries.
Slotki, J. J.
Daniel-Ezra-Nehemiah.
Smith-Christopher, Daniel L.
"Daniel." In Introduction to
Apocalyptic Literature, Daniel, and the Minor
Prophets. New
Interpreter's Bible, Vol. VII.
Abingdon Press, 1996.
Strauss, Lehman.
The Prophecies of Daniel.
Talbot, Louis T.
The Prophecies of Daniel.
3d ed.
Tanner, J. Paul. A Commentary on the
Book of Daniel. In the BEE World
course on The Book of Daniel. Available
online at <www.paultanner.org> and see under the option for "Daniel Studies."
Theodoret (of Cyrus, Syria).
Theodoret:
Commentary on Daniel.
Trans. Robert C. Hill. Atlanta:
SBL, 2006.
Theodoret wrote his commentary on Daniel ca. AD 433.
He takes the 20th year of Artaxerxes as his
terminus ad quo for the calculations.
But he puts the 62 weeks before the 7 weeks.
Wallace, Ronald S.
The Lord is King:
The Message of Daniel.
Contemporary applications.
Walvoord, John F.
Daniel;
The Key to Prophetic Revelation.
Dr. Walvoord
provides an excellent English based commentary on Daniel from the
dispensational, premillennial viewpoint.
Dr. Walvoord was president of Dallas Seminary for over 30 years, and is
one of the leading evangelical scholars on prophecy in the world as attested by
his many popular books and articles on prophetic subjects.
Non-technical.
Whitcomb, John C.
Daniel.
A helpful and
readable commentary from a premillennial & pretribulational viewpoint, with a
combination of expositional and exegetical comments.
Young, Edward J.
The Prophecy of Daniel.
This is a good
representation of a treatment of Daniel from a conservative amillennial
viewpoint, though weak in eschatological perspective.
Zöckler, Otto.
"Daniel." In vol. 7:
Ezekiel, Daniel and the Minor
Prophets. Translated, enlarged and
edited by James Strong, and aided by G. Miller.
Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures. 12 vols.
Zöckler was a
professor in the Univ. of Greifswald, Prussia, and his commentary was originally
written in German.
Hoyt, Herman A.
"The New Testament Doctrine Concerning the Antichrist."
McGinn, Bernard.
Antichrist: Two Thousand
Years of the Human Fascination with Evil.
HarperCollins, 1996.
Mercer, Mark.
"The Benefactions . . . "
[see under Ch 11]
Nichols, Stephen J. "Prophecy Makes
Strange Bedfellows: On the History
of Identifying the Antichrist."
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society
44:1 (March 2001):
75-85.
Niskanen, Paul.
“Daniel’s Portrait of Antiochus IV:
Echoes of a Persian King.”
CBQ 66 (2004): 378-86.
Tries to account for why the author has an unhistorical record of
Antiochus’
Tanner, J. Paul.
"The Rise of Antiochus IV Epiphanes and His Dealing with the Jews."
Paper submitted for Hebrew
380 Concepts in Judaic Culture. The
Tcherikover, Victor.
Hellenistic
Civilization and the Jews.
Translated by
An excellent source
of information on the influence of Greek culture during the intertestamental
period, with a good discussion of Antiochus IV.
Archer, Gleason L.,
Jr. "The Aramaic of the Genesis Apocryphon
Compared with the Aramaic of Daniel."
In New Perspectives on the Old
Testament, ed. J. Barton Payne, 160-69.
Cook, E. M.
"Word Order in the Aramaic of Daniel."
Afroasiatic Linguistics 9
(1986): 1-16.
Coxon, Peter W.
"The Distribution of Synonyms in
Biblical Aramaic in the Light of Official Aramaic and the Aramaic of Qumran."
RevQ
9 (1978): 497-512.
Coxon, P. W.
"The Syntax of the Aramaic of Daniel."
HUCA 48 (1977): 107-22.
Driver, G. R. "The Aramaic of the
Book of Daniel" and "The Aramaic Language."
Journal of Biblical Literature
45 (1926): 110-19; 323ff.
Euler, Donald Steven. “The Aramaic
of Daniel.” Th.M. thesis, Dallas
Theological Seminary, 1971.
Gaster,
M.
"The
Unknown Aramaic Original of Theodotion's Additions to the Book of Daniel," in
Proceedings of the Soc. of Bibl. Arch., 16:280-90, 312-17 (1894); and
17:75-94 (1895).
Although Gaster published an Aramaic of the additions, scholars contest
that he actually provided the
original as he claimed to have done.
Ginsberg, H. Louis.
Studies in Daniel.
Ginsberg emphasizes
linguistic and historical areas, and espouses the hypothetical view that the
Hebrew of Daniel is a translation.
H. H. Rowley countered with "The Unity of the Book of Daniel."
Ginsberg responded to Rowley in "The Composition of the Book of Daniel,"
(1954).
Ginsberg, H. Louis.
"The Composition of the Book of Daniel."
Vetus Testamentum 4 (1954): 246-75.
Greenspahn,
Frederick E. An Introduction to
Aramaic. SBL Resources for Biblical Study 38.
Rev. in JETS,
March 2001; numerous examples from
Daniel.
Jerusalmi, Isaac. The Aramaic
Sections of Ezra and Daniel; A Philological Commentary with Frequent Refrences
to Talmudic Aramaic Parallels and A Synopsis of the Regular Verb.
2nd rev. ed.
Extremely helpful philological notes on the Aramaic portions of Daniel.
Kitchen, K. A. "The Aramaic of
Daniel." In
Notes on Some Problems in the Book of
Daniel, ed. D. J. Wiseman, et al.
Kutscher, E. "Aramaic."
In Encyclopaedia Judaica,
3:259-87.
Kutscher, E. Y. "Dating the
Language of the Genesis Apocryphon."
JBL 76 (1957).
Meadowcroft, T. J.
Aramaic Daniel and Greek Daniel:
A Literary Comparison.
JSOTSS 198. Sheffield:
See a lengthy review in
Naveh, J., and J. Greenfield.
"Hebrew and Aramaic in the Persian Period."
In The
Pfann, Stephen.
"The Aramaic Text and Language of Daniel and Ezra in the Light of Some
Manuscripts from
Rosén, H. B. "On the Use of the
Tenses in the Aramaic of Daniel."
Journal of Semitic Studies 6 (1961):
183-203.
Rowley, H. H. "The Bilingual
Problem of Daniel," Zeitschrift fur die
Alltestamentlishe Wessenschaft 9 (1932): 256-68.
Rowley, H. H.
"The Unity of the Book of Daniel."
In The Servant of the Lord and
Other Essays on the Old Testament, 2nd ed.,
To a large extent,
this is a reply to Ginsberg's Studies in
Daniel.
Sokoloff, Michael.
A Dictionary of Jewish Palestinian Aramaic of The Byzantine Period.
A helpful reference tool, focusing on the Palestinian Aramaic dialect
used in the Byzantine period (3rd cent. AD to the Arab conquest).
Stefanovic, Zdravko.
The Aramaic of Daniel in the Light
of Old Aramaic.
Journal for the Study of the Old
Testament 129.
This is reviewed in
JETS (March 1995). This is
also reviewed in BibSac 150:599
(Jul-Sep 1993) by
"Stefanovic’s thesis
is simple: The Aramaic of Daniel shows important affinities with Old Aramaic
inscriptions mainly from the ninth, eighth, and seventh centuries B.C. . . .
. . . Stefanovic draws these
conclusions: (1) Old Aramaic is not as uniform as has sometimes been claimed,
and allowance must be made for dialectical differences within Old Aramaic. (2)
Certain objections to an early dating for the Book of Daniel may be answered by
paying greater attention to similarities between Old Aramaic and the Aramaic of
Daniel. (3) A significant amount of material in the Aramaic of Daniel compares
favorably with Old Aramaic texts."
Torrey, Charles C. "Notes on the
Aramaic Part of Daniel."
Transactions of the
Torrey, Charles C. "Stray Notes on
the Aramaic of Daniel and Ezra."
Journal of the American Oriental Society
43 (1923): 229-38.
Wesselius, Jan-Wim. "Language and
Style in Biblical Aramaic:
Observations on the Unity of Daniel II-VI."
Vetus Testamentum 38 (1988):
195-209.
Wilson, Robert Dick. "The Aramaic
of Daniel." In
Biblical and Theological Studies by Members of the Faculty of
Wiseman, D. J.; T.
C. Mitchell; et al.
Notes on Some Problems in the Book of
Daniel.
Helpful treatment of
historical and linguistic problems in Daniel by some English conservatives.
K. Kitchen provides a thorough but technical discussion of the dating of
the Aramaic.
Archaeological Background (inc.
Literary Documents)
Bergamini, G. "Levels of
Kamel, A. "The Inner Wall of
Lambert, W. G. Babylonian Wisdom
Literature.
Levy, S. J. "Two Cylinders of
Nebuchadnezzar II in the
Pritchard, James B.
Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to
the Old Testament. 3d ed.
Smith, Sidney.
Babylonian Historical Texts Relating to
the Captivity and Downfall of
Thomas, D. Winton, ed.
Documents from Old Testament Times.
Yamauchi, Edwin M.
"Archaeological Backgrounds of the Exilic and Postexilic Era; Part I:
The Archaeological Background of Daniel."
Bibliotheca Sacra 137:545 (Jan-Mar 1980): 3-16.
Campdor, Albert.
Dyer, Charles H.
"The Identity of
Dyer, Charles H.
"The Identity of
Dyer, Charles H.
The Rise of
Dr. Dyer surveys the
role of
Evans, W. Glyn.
"Will
Evans, W. Glyn.
"Will
Fensham, F. C.
"Nebukadrezzar in the Book of Jeremiah."
Journal of North-west Semitic Languages 10 (1982): 53-65.
Gelb,
Gruenthauer, Michael J. "The Last
King of
Heater, Homer, Jr. "Do the Prophets
Teach that
Examines Isa 13–14 and Jer 25, 50–51 concerning
Koldewey, Robert. Die Tempel von
Babylon und Borsippa.
Koldewey, Robert. German
Excavations at
Includes 255 illustrations and plans.
This is based on the German work dated May 1912, and only includes the
archaeological work up to this point.
Lambert, W. G. "The Cult of Istar
of
Mackenzie, Herbert. "The
Destruction of
Argues for a literal rebuilding and future destruction of
Mackenzie, Herbert.
"The Destruction of
Oates, Joan.
This is a scholarly
and well-documented treatment of the history of
Sollberger, E.
"
Tanner, J. Paul. “Ancient
Wiseman, D. J.
Nebuchadrezzar and
Yamauchi, Edwin M.
Background help on
Ehrick, R. W.
Chronologies in
Finegan, Jack. Handbook of Biblical Chronology. Rev. ed. Peabody, Mass: Hendrickson Publishers, 1998. [Excellent resource. He takes the late date for the exodus (contra this author), but he does agree with Hoehner on the AD 33 date for Christ’s death].
Gasche, H., et al.
Dating the Fall of
Goudoever, Jan van. "The
Indications in Daniel that Reflect the Usage of the Ancient Theoretical
So-called Zadokite calendar."
In The Book of Daniel in the Light of New
Findings [Papers from a conference at
Hoehner, Harold W.
Chronological Aspects of the Life
of Christ.
This is a summation
of the six-part series of articles by Dr. Hoehner that were printed in
Bibliotheca Sacra (vol. 130 [1973] -
vol 132 [1975]) with some editing and updating.
This is a carefully reasoned study on the chronological aspects related
to the life of Christ, in which he concludes with a crucifixion date of
AD
33. The final article in the series
(Jan-Mar 1975) concentrates on the Seventy Weeks prophecy of Dan 9:24-27.
This is a foundational study for a serious interpretation of Dan 9:24-27.
Optional interpretations are carefully considered.
McFall, Leslie.
"A Translation Guide to the Chronological Data in Kings and Chronicles."
Bibliotheca Sacra 148:589 (Jan
- Mar 1991): 3-45.
An excellent article
updating the chronological work of Edwin Thiele, and establishing firm dates for
the kings of Daniel's day. Highly
recommended!
Parker, R. A., and
Waldo H. Duberstein.
Babylonian Chronology 626 B.C.—A.D. 45.
Payne, J. Barton.
"Chronology of the Old Testament."
In The Zondervan Encyclopedia of
the Bible, ed. Merrill C. Tenney, 1:829-45.
Tadmor, Hayim.
"Chronology of the Last Kings of
Thiele, Edwin R.
The Mysterious Numbers of the
Hebrew Kings. 3d rev. ed.
van der Meer, P.
The Ancient Chronology of Western
Asia and
Venter, P. M.
"Understanding the Concept of 'Time' in Daniel."
Skrif en Kerk 21 (2000): 666-81.
[
The author tries to build a case that most commentators are using a
Western concept of time rather than an ancient Near Eastern one.
Thus there is a need for a re-orientation of the time concept.
Winkle, Ross E. E.
"Jeremiah's Seventy Years for
Wiseman, Donald.
Chronicles of Chaldaean Kings
(626-556 B.C.) in the
Young, Rodger C.
“When Did
Young argues that the fall of
Bulman, James M. "The
Identification of Darius the Mede."
Colless, Brian E. "Cyrus the
Persian as Darius the Mede in the Book of Daniel."
Journal for the Study of the Old
Testament 56 (Dec 1992): 113-126.
Shea, William H. "Darius the Mede:
An Update."
The author contends that Darius was in fact Gubaru, general of the
Persian army under Cyrus, who conquered
Shea, William H. "Darius the Mede
in His Persian-Babylonian Setting."
Shea, William H. “The Search for
Darius the Mede (concluded), or, The Time of the Answer to Daniel’s Prayer and
the Date of the Death of Darius the Mede.”
Journal of the Adventist
Theological Society 12 (2001): 97-105.
OT Abstracts: “A detailed
study of the figure of Darius the Mede (Dan 5:3), who, S. holds, reigned for
only a month or even a week, after the fall of Babylon, during the ‘accession
year’ of Cyrus, i.e., from October 539 to the spring of
Rowley, H. H.
Darius the Mede and the Four World
Empires in the Book of Daniel.
2nd ed.
Helpful bibliographical information on Daniel.
Originally pub. in 1935.
Whitcomb, John C.
Darius the Mede.
An attempt to
resolve the identification of "Darius the Mede" mentioned in Dan 5:31 by
suggesting he is Gubaru (appointed governor of
Devotional Treatments
and Preaching Helps
Campbell, Donald K.
Daniel: God's Man in a Secular
Society.
A popular level treatment of Daniel by a former president of Dallas
Seminary. This is particularly
helpful for its illustrative material and emphasis on application.
Good for Bible study groups.
Longman, Tremper,
III. Daniel:
The NIV Application Commentary From Biblical Text . . . To Contemporary
Life.
Peel, William Carr.
Living in the Lion's Den
Without Being Eaten.
Written on the
popular level, this is a very insightful book for gleaning the applicational
insights from the book and challenging the reader to apply biblical truth.
Highly recommended!
Phillips, John, and
Jerry Vines.
Exploring the Book of Daniel.
Conservative,
readable, exposition with many practical applications for preaching and
teaching. Premillennial and pretribulational.
Schwab, George M., Sr. "The Book of
Daniel and the Godly Counselor."
Journal of Biblical Counseling 14 (Winter 1996): 32-40.
Swindoll, Chuck. "The Book of
Daniel; Bible Study Guide."
Towner, W. Sibley. Daniel.
Collins, John J., and Peter W. Flint, eds.
The Book of Daniel, Composition
and Reception. Supplements to
Vetus Testamentum, vol. 83,1&2.
A series of 32 articles in two volumes dealing with various topics
related to the Book of Daniel.
Day, J. "The Daniel of Ugarit and
Ezekiel and the hero of the book of Daniel."
Vetus Testamentum 30 (1980):
174-84.
Davies, Philip R.
Daniel.
Old Testament Guides.
A rather brief, but helpfully succinct treatment of various issues from a
critical perspective.
Davies, Philip R.
"Daniel in the Lion's Den."
In Images of Empire, ed. Loveday Alexander, 160-178.
Journal for the study of the Old Testament, Supplement series 122.
Sheffield:
Mickelsen, A. Berkeley. Daniel &
Revelation: Riddles or Realities?
Perdue, Harold C. "Preaching from
the Book of Daniel."
Preaching 5 (Mar-Apr 1990): 28-29.
Wiseman, Donald J. "Nebuchadnezzar
and the Last Days of
Woude, Adam S. van der, ed.
The Book of Daniel in the Light of New
Findings. [Papers from a
conference at
Greek and Syriac Translations of Daniel
Bruce, F. F. "The Oldest Greek
Version of Daniel."
Oudtestamentische Studiën 20 (1977):
22-40.
Cathcart, K. "Daniel, especially
the Additions, and Chester Beatty-Cologne Papyrus 967."
Proceedings of the Irish Biblical
Association 15 (1992): 37-41.
Ceriani, A. M.
Codex syro-hexaplaris ambrosianus.
Monumenta sacra et profana 7;
A photographic facsimile of the Syh manuscript.
Collins, N. "281
BCE:
the Year of the Translation of the Pentateuch into Greek under Ptolemy II."
In Septuagint, Scrolls, and
Cognate Writings. SCS 33, ed.
G. J. Brooke and B. Lindars, 403-503.
Coxon, P. W. "Greek Loan-Words and
Alleged Greek Loan Translations in the Book of Daniel."
Transactions of the
Geissen, Angelo.
Der Septuaginta-Text des Buches Daniel
5—12 sowie Esther 1—2, 15. PTA
5;
Contains the more extensive portions of Papyrus 967, now in
George, Kallarakkal A. "The
Peshitta Version of Daniel: A
Comparison with the Massoretic Text, the Septuagint and Theodotion."
Th.D. thesis, Universität
Greenspoon, L. "Sharon Pace
Jeansonne, The Old Greek Translation of Daniel 7–12."
Journal of Biblical Literature
108 (1989): 700-702.
Hamm, Winfried.
Der Septuaginta-Text des Buches Daniel
Kap. 1–2 nach dem Kölner Teil des Papyrus 967.
PTA 10;
Publication of portions of Papyrus 967 now in
Hamm, Winfried.
Der Septuginta-Text des Buches Daniel
Kap. 3–4. PTA 21;
Jeansonne, Sharon Pace.
The Old Greek Translation of Daniel 7-12.
Catholic Biblical Quarterly Monograph Series 19.
Jobes, Karen. "Karen Jobes Responds
to Tim McLay." Bulletin of the International Organization for Septuagint and
Cognate Studies 30 (1997): 32-35.
OT Abstracts: She points out "that
her research was not intending to deal with the issue of the relationship
between the Greek texts of Daniel, but was only exploring a methodology that
compares the syntactic profiles of the Greek texts.
Nevertheless, her results were consistent with theories that posit a
genetic relationship between the Greek texts of Daniel, particularly Theodotion
and OG."
Jobes, Karen H. "A Comparative
Syntactical Analysis of the Greek Versions of Daniel:
A Test Case for New Methodology."
Bulletin of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate
Studies 28 (1995): 21-44.
Jobes, Karen H.; and Moisés Silva.
Invitation to the Septuagint.
An excellent introduction to Septuagintal studies.
Only brief comments on Greek Daniel.
Kallarakkal, A. George. "The
Peshitto Version of Daniel—A Comparison with the Massoretic Text, the Septuagint
and Theodotion." Th.D. thesis,
Universität Hamburg, January 1973.
Kenyon, F. G.
The
Contains fragments of Papyrus 967 for chapters 3—8 of
Daniel.
Lust, Johan. “The Septuagint
Version of Daniel 4-
McLay, Tim. "A Collation of
Variants from 967 to Ziegler's Critical Edition of
Susanna,
McLay, Tim.
The OG and Th Versions of Daniel.
Society of Biblical Literature Septuagint and Cognate Studies Series No.
43.
A SBL publication of the essence of McLay's PhD dissertation.
Includes a detailed comparison of five passages:
1:1-10; 2:1-10; 3:11-20; 8:1-10; and 12:1-13.
See review in JETS, March 1992.
McLay, R. T. “The Old Greek
translation of Daniel iv-vi and the formation of the Book of Daniel.”
Vetus Testamentum 55:3 (2005):
304-323.
McLay, Tim. "Translation Technique
and Textual Studies in the Old Greek and Theodotion Versions of Daniel."
Ph.D. dissertation,
McCrystall, A. "Studies in the Old
Greek Translation of Daniel."
D.Phil. dissertation,
Meadowcroft, T. J. "A Literary
Critical Comparison of the Masoretic Text and Septuagint of Daniel 2-7."
Ph.D. dissertation,
Metzger, Bruce M. "Important Early
Translations of the Bible."
Bibliotheca Sacra 150:597 (Jan-Mar 1993): 35-49.
Brief comments on the Greek translation of Daniel.
Montgomery, J. A. "The Hexaplaric
Strata in the Greek Texts of Daniel."
Journal of Biblical Literature
44 (1925): 289-302.
Pace, S. "The Stratigraphy of the
Text of Daniel and the Question of Theological Tendenz in the Old
Greek. Bulletin of the
International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies 17 (1984):
15-35.
Pusey, E. B.
Lectures on Daniel the Prophet.
[see Commentaries].
Pusey provides a convenient comparison of the variations between the
Hebrew text and the Septuagint.
Rahlfs, A., ed.
Septuaginta id est Vetus Testamentum
Graece iuxta LXX Interpretes. 2
vols.
Rife, J. M. "Some Translation
Phenomena in the Greek Versions of Daniel."
Ph.D. dissertation,
Roca-Puig, R. "Daniele:
Due semifogli
The
Sprey, T. and The Peshitta Institute, eds.
The Old Testament According to the
Peshitta Version: Daniel and Bel
and the Dragon.
Taylor,
Some information on Dan 9:24,26.
Tov, Emanuel.
The Text-Critical Use of the Septuagint
in Biblical Research.
Eisenbrauns, 1981.
Wenthe, D. O. "The Old Greek
Translation of Daniel 1-6." Ph.D.
dissertation, Univ. of Notre Dame, 1991.
Wikgren, A. P. "A Comparative Study
of the Theodotionic and Septuagint Translations of Daniel."
Ph.D. dissertation,
Wills,
Helpful for thinking through the troubled text in chapter 4 and the
sources possibly lying behind the text.
Wyngarden, M. J.
The Syriac Version of the Book of Daniel.
Yamauchi, Edwin.
“The Greek Words in
Daniel in the Light of Greek Influence in the Near East,” in New Perspectives
on the Old Testament, ed. J. B. Payne, 170-200.
Ziegler, Joseph.
Septuaginta:
Vetus Testamentum Graecum 16/2:
Susanna, Daniel, Bel et Draco.
2nd rev. ed. by Olivier Munnich.
G`ttingen:
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1968, 1999.
This has long been regarded as the standard edition for the OG of Daniel.
The 1st ed. was based on Ms. 88, Syh, and the Chester Beatty fragments of
Papyrus 967. Ziegler (in the 1st
edition) did not have access to all the fragments of 967.
With the 1999 revised edition under Olivier Munnich, however, we now have
an up-to-date standard critical edition of OG.
One might wish to also consult McLay's article, "A Collation of Variants
from 967 to Ziegler's Critical Edition . . ." (see above).
McLay argued that there were cases where the reading of 967 should be
accepted over Ziegler's 1st ed. text.
The newer 2nd ed. has an extensive textual apparatus for the Th text,
indicating numerous textual variants for the Th tradition.
Hellenistic History and Background
Coxon, Peter W. "Greek Loan-Words
and Alleged Greek Loan Translations in the Book of Daniel,"
Rappaport, Uriel. "The Hellenistic
World as Seen by the Book of Daniel."
In Rashi 1040-1990, ed. G.
Sed-Rajna, 71-79. 1993.
Yamauchi, Edwin M. "Daniel and
Contacts Between the Aegean and the
Yamauchi, Edwin M.
Yamauchi, Edwin M.
"The Greek Words in Daniel in the Light of Greek Influence in the
Hermeneutics in Regard to Daniel
(inc. Apocalyptic Literature)
Beale, G. K.
The Use of Daniel in Jewish Apocalyptic Literature and in the
Revelation of
Clanton, Dan W., Jr. “(Re)dating
the Story of Susanna: A Proposal.”
Journal for the Study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic and Roman
Periods 34 (2003): 121-40.
Proposes to date the Story of Susanna to the early 1st century
BC.
Collins, John J. "Apocalyptic Genre
and Mythic Allusions in Daniel."
Journal for the Study of the Old
Testament 21 (1981).
Collins, John J.
Daniel, with an Introduction to
Apocalyptic Literature.
Collins, John J.
The Apocalyptic Vision of the Book of
Daniel. HSM 16.
Collins, John J. "The Court-Tales
in Daniel and the Development of Apocalyptic."
Journal of Biblical Literature
94 (1975): 218-34.
Cross, F. M., Jr. "New Directions
in the Study of Apocalyptic."
Journal of Theological Studies 6
(1969): 157-65.
Davies, P. R. "Eschatology in the
Book of Daniel." Journal
for the Study of the Old Testament 17 (1980): 33-53.
According to Davies, chapters 8–12 are not apocalypses but visions that
demonstrate eschatology, which he defines as "a dimension of belief . . . that
history moves in a direction, that this direction is set by God, and that God
acts within history to ensure this direction" (38).
deSilva, David A.
Introducing the Apocrypha.
2002.
Fröhlich, Ida. "Pesher,
Apocalyptical Literature and
Grayson, A. K., and W. G. Lambert.
"Akkadian Prophecies."
Journal of Cuneiform Studies 18
(1964): 7-30.
Greenberg, Moshe. "Reflections on
Apocalyptic."
Studies in the Bible.
163-73.
Rather than viewing apocalyptic literature as defined by a developed angelology,
symbolic visions and a divine determination of history, Greenberg argues that
the distinguishing features are the doctrine of a succession of world ages and
the visionary's tour of extra-mundane spheres (see
1 Enoch), both of which reflect the
apocalyptists' intense desire to know hidden matters.
Griffiths, J. G. "Apocalyptic in
the Hellenistic Era." In
Apocalypticism, ed. D. Hellholm, 273-93.
Hallo, W. W. "Akkadian
Apocalypses."
Hanson, Paul D. "Apocalypse" and
"Apocalypticism." In
IDBS, 27-34.
Hanson, Paul D. "Apocalyptic
Literature." In
The Hebrew Bible and Its Modern
Interpreters, ed. Douglas A. Knight and Gene M. Tucker, 466-72.
Discusses apocalyptic genre and how this should be defined.
Ladd, George E. " The
Larondelle, Hans K. " The Middle
Ages Within The Scope Of Apocalyptic Prophecy."
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 32:3 (Sept 1989):
345-54.
Nicholson, E. W. "Apocalyptic."
In Tradition and Interpretation, ed. G. W. Anderson, 189-213.
Survey of modern opinion on nature and purpose of apocalyptic literature.
Rowland, C.
The Open Heaven.
Contains a fairly up-to-date discussion of
apocalyptic literature (up to 1982).
Rowley, H. H.
The Relevance of Apocalyptic, a Study of
Jewish and Christian Apocalypses from Daniel to Revelation, rev. ed.
Russell, D. S.
The Message and Method of Jewish
Apocalyptic.
Sappington, Thomas J. "The Factor
of Function in Defining Jewish Apocalyptic Literature."
JSP 12 (1994): 83-123.
Three literary functions of Jewish apocalypses are the consolation and
encouragement of the righteous, the exhortation to continued obedience, and the
admonition of the unrighteous.
Vetne, Reimar. “A Definition and
Short History of Historicism as a Method for Interpreting Daniel and
Revelation.” Journal of the
Adventist Theological Society 14 (2, 2003): 1-14.
In contrast to the preterist and futurist, “Historicism reads historical
apocalyptic as prophecy intended by its ancient author to reveal information
about real, in-history events in the time span between his day and the
eschaton.” The author offers a
history of historicism, concluding with the observation that the historicist
approach “remained the common and accepted approach among Protestants up till
the middle of the 19th century.”
von Rad, Gerhard.
Old Testament Theology.
2nd ed.
The second edition contains a revision of the section on Daniel and
Apocalyptic.
Yamauchi, Edwin M.
"Hermeneutical Issues in the Book of Daniel."
Journal of the Evangelical
Theological Society 23 (1980): 13-21.
Higher Criticism:
Date, Authorship, Historical Reliability
Anderson, Bernhard
W.
Understanding the Old Testament.
4th ed.
Archer, Gleason, Jr.
A Survey of Old Testament
Introduction. Rev. ed.
This is one of the
best Old Testament introductions available from a conservative evangelical
viewpoint. Archer defends the traditional authorship of the book as being from
the hand of the sixth century
BC
Daniel, and refutes the theory of a Maccabean pseudepigraph.
Archer, Gleason L.,
Jr. "Modern Rationalism and the Book of
Daniel."
Bibliotheca Sacra 136:542
(Apr-Jun 1979) : 129-47.
Armistead, David B.
“The Images of Daniel 2 and 7:
A Literary Approach.”
Stulos Theological Journal (
Bullock, C. Hassell.
An Introduction to the Old Testament Prophetic Books.
Casey, P. M. "Porphyry and the
Origin of the Book of Daniel."
Journal of Theological Studies 27
(1976): 15-33.
Childs, Brevard S.
An Introduction to the Old Testament as
Scripture.
A brief but well-documented account of the history and problems of Daniel
research.
Cryer, Frederick H. "The Probelm of
Dating Biblical Hebrew and the Hebrew of Daniel."
In In the Last Days, ed. K.
Jeppesen, et al, 185-98. 1994.
Ferch, A. J. "The Book of Daniel
and the Maccabean Thesis."
Finley, Thomas J. “The Book of
Daniel in the Canon of Scripture.”
Bibliotheca Sacra 165:658 (Apr-Jun
2008): 195-208.
The author brings forth evidence that Daniel was originally placed in the
OT canon in the prophets, not the writings.
Therefore any argument for the lateness of the book based on its
placement in the writings is invalid.
Grabbe, Lester L. “A Dan(iel) for
All Seasons: For Whom Was Daniel
Important?” In
The Book of Daniel, Composition and
Reception, edited by John J. Collins and Peter W. Flint, 229-46.
Supplements to Vetus Testamentum, vol. 83,1.
Fox, Douglas E. "Ben Sira on OT
Canon Again: The Date of Daniel."
This is a helpful
article by a conservative scholar, who ably handles the critical objections to
the traditional authorship and date.
Similar to the above
article by
This is a full
conservative Old Testament introduction, yet with interaction and quotations of
critical scholars who deny the historicity and authorship of Daniel.
See pp 1105-34.
Hengstenberg, E. W.
Dissertations on the Genuineness
of Daniel. Translated by B. P.
Pratten.
McDowell, Josh.
Daniel in the Critics' Den; Historical Evidence for the Authenticity of
the Book of Daniel.
This is a wealth of
information for students and others whose faith may be under attack in the
classroom. Abundant evidence is
provided to refute the critical attack on Daniel by those who hold to a late
date and authorship of the book.
Miller, J. E.
"The Redaction of Daniel."
Journal for the Study of the Old
Testament 52 (1991): 115-24.
Miller supposes that a complete Hebrew book was mixed with a complete
Aramaic book with the present
book of Daniel as a result.
Rowley, H. H.
"The Historicity of the Fifth Chapter of Daniel."
Journal of Theological Studies 32 (1931): 12-31.
Typical of critical scholars, Rowley attacks the historicity of Daniel 5.
Talmon, S.
"Daniel." In
The Literary Guide to the Bible, ed.
R. Alter and F. Kermode.
Talmon classifies
the book as "inverted plagiarism," in which "an author bent on attaining public
acclaim of his writings would willingly suppress his own name, ascribing his
creations to a worthy figure of old whose name alone would suffice to assure
them of general acceptance" (346).
Waltke, Bruce.
"The Date of the Book of Daniel."
Bibliotheca Sacra 133 (Oct-Dec
1976): 319-29.
An excellent defense of the traditional date for Daniel.
Wilson, Robert Dick.
Studies in the Book of Daniel; A
Classic Defense of the Historicity and Integrity of Daniel's Prophecies.
2 vols. 1917, 1938; reprint,
2 vols. in 1,
A classic defense of
the historicity of Daniel, although the book is somewhat dated at this
point. Archaeological
discoveries since this book was written (particularly the
Beaulieu, P.-A. The Reign of
Nabonidus, King of
Beek, M. A.
Atlas of
Begg, Christopher T. "Daniel and
Josephus: Tracing Connections."
In The Book of Daniel in the Light
of New Findings [Papers from a conference at
Beitzel, Barry J.
The Moody Atlas of Bible Lands.
This is an excellent
source for maps and geographical information pertaining to the Babylonian and
the Persian periods.
Bosworth, A. B.
Conquest and Empire. The
Reign of Alexander the Great.
Brinkman, J. A.
A Political History of
Post-Kassite
Bromiley, Geoffrey W., ed.
The International Standard Bible
Encyclopedia.
Davies, W. D., and L. Finkelstein, eds.
The
Dougherty, Raymond Philip.
Nabonidus and Belshazzar.
Yale Oriental Series, Researches, vol. 15.
Jagersma, H. A History of
Jastrow,
King, Leonard W.
A History of
Larue, Gerald A.
Lipschits, Oded. The Fall and
Rise of
Malamat, A.
"A New Record of Nebuchadnezzar's Palestinian Campaigns."
Malamat, Abraham.
"Caught Between The Great Powers."
Biblical Archaeological Review 25:4 (July-Aug 1999): 34-41,64.
Helpful for understanding the campaign of Nebuchadnezzar in
Malamat, A.
"The Last Years of the
Masom, Caroline, and
Pat Alexander.
Picture Archive of the Bible.
This high-quality
work contains an excellent selection of pictures from the Babylonian and Persian
periods, including an aerial view of the mounds of ancient
Mason, Steve. "Josephus, Daniel,
and the Flavian House." In
Josephus and the History of the
Greco-Roman Period, ed. F. Parente, et al., 161-69.
1994.
Merrill, Eugene H.
An excellent source
for the historical background and setting to the Book of Daniel.
See pp 469-92.
Millard, A. R.
"Daniel 1–6 and History."
Evangelical Quarterly 49 (1977): 67-73.
Holds that these chapters are "probably accurate at to its details."
Oppenheim, A. Leo.
Ancient
Pallis, S. A.
The Antiquity of
Pritchard, James B.
(ed.).
Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament.
3rd ed.
This is the
definitive work providing English translations of extra-biblical documents from
the Ancient Near East. See pp
301ff. for documents relating to the Neo-Babylonian Empire and its successors,
including records of Nebuchadnezzar and Cyrus.
Rawlinson, George.
Roaf, Michael.
Cultural Atlas of
Roux, Georges.
Ancient
Russell, D. S.
The Jews from Alexander the Great
to Herod. New Clarendon Bible.
Saggs, H. W. F.
The Greatness that was Babylon.
Shea, William.
"Nabonidus, Belshazzar, and the Book of Daniel:
An Update." AUSS 20
(1982): 133-49.
Soden, Wolfram von.
The Ancient Orient;
An Introduction to the Study of the Ancient Near East.
Translated by Donald G. Schley.
An excellent
resource treating the cultural, religious and political aspects of the ANE,
including Babylonian civilization.
Stefanovic, Zdravko.
“The Roles of the Babylonian and Medo-Persian Kings in the Book of
Daniel.” Creation, Life and
Hope.
Essays in Honor of Jacques B. Doukhan,
383-94.
Offers a study of the four kings in the Book of Daniel, weaving together both
biblical and extrabiblical data concerning them.
Vermes, Geza. "Josephus on Daniel."
In Rashi 1040-1990, ed. G.
Sed-Rajna, 113-19. 1993.
Vermes, Geza. "Josephus' Treatment
of the Book of Daniel."
Journal of Jewish Studies 42 (Aut
1991): 149-166.
Wiseman, Donald J.
The Chronicles of the Chaldean Kings
(626-556 B.C.).
Worthington, Ian. Alexander the
Great, Man and God.
A very readable and up-to-date treatment of the life of Alexander the
Great.
Zadok, R. The Jews in
Beckwith, Roger T. “Early Traces of
the Book of Daniel.”
Tyndale Bulletin
53:1 (2002): 75-82.
Beckwith, R. T. "Daniel 9 and the
Date of Messiah's Coming in Essene, Hellenistic, Pharisaic, Zealot, and Early
Christian Computation."
Revue De Qumran 10:4 (Dec 1981):
521-42.
Beatrice, Pier F. "Pagans and
Christians on the Book of Daniel."
In Studia Patristica 25, ed.
Collins [see commentary, 72-123].
Dunbar, David G. "Hippolytus of
"Irenaeus is the source not only for specific points of Hippolytean exegesis but
also for the overall eschatological approach. The major patterns of
historical-eschatological understanding so important to Hippolytus—the
succession of world-empires in chapters 2, 7
and 8 of Daniel, the
eschatological interpretation of the Seventy Weeks prophecy, and the
creation-week typology—are already present in Irenaeus.
There is, therefore, not a great deal of new material in Hippolytus. He
does develop a few original themes; but by and large he is not an innovator but
a preserver and collector of what has gone before. This suggests that in
Hippolytus we find a kind of “main-line” eschatology which may have been quite
widespread during the closing decades of the second century" (p 339).
Fraidl, F.
Die Exegese der siebzig Wochen Daniels in
der Alten und Mittleren Zeit.
For help through the middle ages, covering equally the Patristic,
Oriental, Western and Jewish commentators [recom. by
Hasel, G. [see under
Ch 9]
Hidal, Sten. "Apocalypse,
Persecution and Exegesis:
Hippolytus and Theodoret of Cyrrhus on the Book of Daniel."
In In the Last Days, ed. K.
Jeppesen, et al, 49-53. 1994.
Newport, Kenneth G. C. "Charles
Wesley's Interpretation of Some Biblical Prophecies According to a Previously
Unpublished Letter Dated 25 April, 1754."
Bulletin of the
Pole, Matthew.
Synopsis criticorum.
Vol 3.
Covers early Protestant commentators.
Vermes, Geza. "Josephus' Treatment
of the Book of Daniel." In
Journal of Jewish Studies 42 (Aut
1991): 149-166.
Zöckler, Otto. "Daniel."
[see appendix to Dan 9:24-
Literary Features and Structural Matters
Albertz, Rainer.
"The Social Setting of the Aramaic and Hebrew Book of Daniel." In The
Book of Daniel: Composition and Reception, ed. John J. Collins and Peter W.
Flint, 171-204. Supplements to
Vetus Testamentum 83. Boston:
Brill, 2001.
Arnold, Bill T. “Wordplay and
Narrative Techniques in Daniel 5 and
Baldwin, Joyce. "Some Literary
Affinities in the Book of Daniel."
Tyndale Bulletin 30 (1979).
Boadt, Lawrence. "Literary Elements
in the Structure of Daniel."
Proceedings of the Central States Society of Biblical Literature and the
OT Abstracts: "Asserting the
distinctiveness of Daniel, B. sums up certain anomalies (e.g., mix of genres, of
languages) that make the book difficult to classify.
Moving to its relation to historical materials and to certain
intertextual elements, he points out its relation to exilic texts (Jeremiah,
Ezekiel, and Lamentations). The
writer, B. concludes, can be seen as musing on the prophetic materials and
pondering the challenges of living faithfully in exile, and perhaps as
anticipating a radical military-type intervention from God."
Boogaart, Thomas A. “Daniel 6:
A Tale of Two Empires.”
Reformed Review 39:2 (Winter 1986):
106-112.
The article focuses on the elements of “story” within the chapter, such
as exposition, challenge, rising action, climax and denoucement.
He does point out the aspect of apocalyptic theme within the chapter that
argues for the unity of the book as a whole.
Bruce, Les P. “Discourse Theme and
the Narratives of Daniel.”
Bibliotheca Sacra 160:638 (Apr-Jun 2003): 174-86.
David, P. S. "The Composition and
Structure of the Book of Daniel: A
Synchronic and Diachronic
Fewell, Danna Nolan.
Circle of Sovereignty:
A Story of Stories in Daniel 1–6.
Bible and Literature Series 20.
Gammie, J. G. "On the Intention and
Sources of Daniel I-VI."
Vetus Testamentum 31 (1981): 282-92.
Gammie, J. G. "The Classification,
Stages of Growth and Changing Intention in the Book of Daniel."
Journal of Biblical Literature
95 (1976): 191-204.
Ginsburg, H. L. "The Composition of
the Book of Daniel." [See under the
Aramaic of Daniel].
Gooding, D.W.
"The Literary Structure of the Book of Daniel and Its Implications."
Tyndale Bulletin 32 (1981) : 43-79.
Gooding proposes
that the book consists of ten units, corresponding to the chapter divisions
(with the exception of ch 10–12 which serve as the final unit of the book).
These ten are then divided into two groups (ch 1–5 and ch 6–12).
Within the first group, chapters 2 and 3 form a subgroup, as do chapters
4 and 5. Similarly, within the
second group, chapters 7 and 8 form a subgroup, as do chapters 9 and 10–12.
Gooding proposes that there are also deliberate correspondences between
the subgroups of Group One and the subgroups of Group Two.
The analysis is helpful for showing certain parallels and correspondences
within the book, but ultimately Gooding's proposal is not convincing.
A major division following chapter 7 (in connection with the shift in
language from Aramaic to Hebrew), is more probable.
Hasel, G. F. "The Four World
Empires of Daniel 2 Against Its Near Eastern Environment."
Journal for the Study of the Old
Testament 12 (1979): 17-30.
Henze, Matthias. “The Narrative
Frame of Daniel: A Literary
Assessment.”
Journal for the Study of Judaism in the
Persian, Hellenistic and Roman Periods 32 (2001): 5-24.
OT Abstracts: “H. challenges
common assumptions about the origin and function of the court tales in Daniel
1-6. The world in the tales is a
fictitious construct that is not identical with the socio-historical world of
their authors. The messages of the
tales must be inferred by comparison with texts of the same genre (Esther, the
Joseph story, and Ahiqar) and by reading the tales within the larger context of
the entire book. Literary
conventions, often dictated by common genre elements, shape the tales.
The tales’ sparse description of human characters emphasizes the message,
i.e., God’s glorification, not that of the messenger.
The conflict of authority is predominantly theological.
Nebuchadnezzar’s two doxologies (3:31-33 and 6:27-28) frame the tales and
summarize their theological message.
Doxologies set the stage for the apocalyptic scenario in the second half
of the book.”
Humphreys, W. Lee. "A Life-Style
for Diaspora: A Study of the Tales
of Esther and Daniel."
Journal of Biblical Literature 92
(1973): 211-23.
Considers the genre of the tales.
Lenglet, Ad. "La structure
littéraire de Daniel 2–7."
Biblica 53:2 (1972): 169-90.
Miller, James E. "The Redaction of
Daniel."
Journal for the Study of the Old
Testament 52 (Dec 1991): 115-124.
Niditch. S., and R. Doran. "The
Success Story of the Wise Courtier:
A Formal Approach."
Journal of Biblical Literature 96
(1977): 179-97.
Patterson, Richard D. "Holding On
To Daniel's Court Tales."
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 36:4 (Dec 1993):
445-454.
The present study will show that based upon its literary genre the extreme
position that views all of Daniel (including chaps. 1–6) as being written in the
second century
BC
is manifestly in error. Further, it
will demonstrate that arguments for a pre-Maccabean provenance for the first six
chapters need not exclude the traditional dating in the late Babylonian or early
Persian periods.
Raabe, Paul R. “Daniel 7:
Its Structure and Role in the Book.”
In Biblical and Other Studies in
Memory of S. D. Goitein, ed. by Reuben Ahroni.
Hebrew Annual Review 9 (1985):
267-75.
Segert, Stanislav. "Poetic
Structures in the Hebrew Sections of the Book of Daniel."
In Solving Riddles and Untying
Knots: Biblical, Epigraphic, and
Semitic Studies in Honor of Jonas C. Greenfield, ed. by Ziony Zevit,
Stanislav calls attention to the poetic features of three passages (Dan 8:23-26;
9:24-27; and 12:1-3), and argues that the poetic structuring highlights these
sections as the most relevant messages of the visions in which they occur.
Shea, W. H. "Further Literary
Structures in Daniel 2–7: An
Analysis of Daniel 4."
The author attempts to build a case that chapter 4 is developed in a
carefully composed chiastic structure, with the dialogue in vv 18-19 forming the
innermost element.
Shea, W. H. “Further Literary
Structures in Daniel 2–7: An
Analysis of Daniel 5." [see under
Chapter Five].
Sims, James H. “Daniel.”
In A Complete Literary Guide to
the Bible, ed. by Leland Ryken and Tremper Longman III, 324-336.
Talmon, Shemaryahu. “Daniel.”
In The Literary Guide to the Bible,
ed. by Robert Alter and Frank Kermode, 343-56.
Tanner, J. Paul. “The
Literary Structure of the Book of Daniel." Bibliotheca Sacra 160:639
(July-Sept 2003): 269-82.
Wesselius, Jan-Wim. “Discontinuity,
Congruence and the Making of the Hebrew Bible.”
Scandinavian Journal of the Old
Testament 13:1 (1999): 24-77.
Wesselius develops a theory of literary dependence of Daniel on Genesis
and Ezra, which results in a late dating of the book.
Woodard, Branson L., Jr. "Literary
Strategies and Authorship in the Book of Daniel."
Journal of the Evangelical
Theological Society 37:1 (Mar 1994): 39-54.
Woodward provides a brief study of the "authorial voice" in Dan 1–6, examining
such techniques as repetition and irony to show how they enhance the author's
message. He claims that this
investigation supports Danielic authorship and textual unity.
Persian History and Background
Briant, Pierre.
From Cyrus to Alexander:
A History of the
Olmstead, A. T.
History of the
Yamauchi, Edwin M.
This is an
up-to-date historical treatment of the Persian period, with helpful background
material to Daniel (over 100 photos).
Barker, Kenneth L.
"Premillennialism in the Book of Daniel."
Master's Seminary Journal 4
(Spr 1993): 25-43.
Helpful discussion of Dan 2:31-45, 7:1-27, and 9:24-27.
Collins, John J. "Nebuchadnezzar
and the
Collins, John J. "Prophecy and
Fulfillment in the
Culver, Robert
Duncan.
Daniel and the Latter Days.
Rev. ed.
This is not a
commentary per se, but a discussion
of millennialism and various prophetic aspects of Daniel.
The author writes from a premillennial viewpoint and includes a lengthly
discussion of the seventy-weeks
passage of Dan 9.
Culver, Robert
Duncan. The Earthly Reign of Our
Lord With His People. 4th ed.
This is a new edition of Daniel and the Latter Days.
Reviewed in BibSac, Oct 2001.
Ice, Thomas, and Randall Price.
Ready to Rebuild.
A very insightful look at the current movement among Jews to rebuild the ancient
temple.
Lang, G. H.
The Histories and the Prophecies of
Daniel.
Lightner, Robert P.
The Last Days Handbook;
A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding the Different Views of Prophecy.
This is an excellent
concise book for understanding the various prophetic viewpoints (and why people
believe what they do).
VanGemeren, Willem
Van. "
Walvoord, John F.
The Prophecy Knowledge Handbook;
All the Prophecies of Scripture Explained in One Volume.
After over sixty
years of study and teaching on prophetic subjects, Dr. Walvoord presents the
fruit of his work in a survey of all prophetic passages of Scripture.
Daniel is treated on pp 211-79.
An appendix at the end conveniently lists all the prophecies, their
location in the Bible, and their fulfilments.
Relgion, Babylonian and Ancient
Near Eastern
Albrektson, Bertil. History and
the Gods.
Finegan, Jack.
Myth and Mystery: An
Introduction to the Pagan Religions of the Biblical World.
Revelation, Relationship to The Book of
Beale, G. K. "The Influence Of
Daniel Upon The Structure And Theology Of John’s Apocalypse."
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 27:4 (Dec 1984):
413-23.
Beale, G. K. The Use of Daniel
in Jewish Apocalyptic Literature and in the Revelation of
Mccomiskey, Thomas E. "Alteration
Of Ot Imagery In The Book Of Revelation:
Its Hermeneutical And Theological Significance."
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society
36:3
(September 1993): 307-316.
Thomas, Robert L. "The
Beasley-Murray.
"The Interpretation of Daniel 7."
CBQ 45 (1983): 44-58.
Bock,
Borsch, Frederick H.
The Son of Man in Myth and History.
Burkett, Delbert.
The Son of Man Debate: A
History and Evaluation. Society
for New Testament Studies Monograph Series, 107.
Caragounis, Chrys C.
The Son of Man: Vision
and Interpretation. Tübingen:
J. C. B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), 1986.
Casey, Maurice.
Son of Man: The
Interpretation and Influence of Daniel 7.
Casey, Maurice.
"The Corporate Interpretation of 'One like a Son of Man' (Dan. VII 13) at
the Time of Jesus." Novum
Testamentum 18 (1976): 167-180.
Chilton, Bruce. "The Son of Man:
Who Was He?"
Bible Review 12 (Aug 1996): 35-39,
45-47.
Collins, John J. "The Son of Man in
First-Century Judaism."
New Testament Studies 38 (1992):
448-66.
Coppens, Joseph. "Le Fils d'homme
Daniélique et les relectures de Dan., VII, 13 dans les apocryphes et les écrits
du Nouveau Testament." In Le
Fils de l'homme et les saints du Très-Haut en Daniel, VII, ed. Jospeh
Coppens and Luc Dequeker (ALBO 3/23; Louvain:
Publications Universitaires, 1961), 67.
Defends the angelic view of the "one like a son of man."
Driver, S. R. "Son of
Emerton, J. A. "The Origin of the
Son of Man Imagery."
Journal of Theological Studies 9
(1958): 225-42.
Ferch, Arthur J. "The Apocalyptic
'Son of Man' in Daniel 7." Thesis,
Hare, Douglas R. A. The Son of
Man Tradition.
Horbury, W. T. "The Messianic
Associations of 'The Son of
Keil, C. F. "The Son of Man,
oJ uiJoV" tou' ajnqrwvpou."
In The Book of Daniel, pp 273-75 (see Keil under commentaries).
Khamor, Levi. The Revelation of
the Son of
Kvanvig, Helge S. Roots of
Apocalyptic: The Mesopotamian
Background of the Enoch Figure and of The Son of
Laffin, Jack R. "A Statement of the
Messianic Interpretation of the Son of Man in Daniel 7:13."
Th.M. thesis, Grace Theological Seminary, 1981.
LaRondelle, Hans K. “Christ’s Use
of Daniel.” Creation, Life and
Hope. Essays in Honor of Jacques B.
Doukhan.
Treats Christ’s self-understanding of his redemptive mission, as well as
His anticipations of the apostasy of the nation and the destruction of the
Litwak, Kenneth D. "The
Longenecker, Richard
N. "'Son of Man' Imagery:
Some Implications for Theology and Discipleship."
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 18:1 (Winter 1975):
3-16.
Miller, Gene
Willard. "Is the Title Son of Man
Messianic?" Th.M. thesis, Dallas
Theological Seminary, 1945.
Muilenburg, J.
"The Son of Man in Daniel and the Ethiopic Apocalypse of Enoch."
JBL 79 (1960): 197-209.
Otto, Rudolph.
The
Perrin, N. "The Son of Man in
Ancient Judaism and Primitive Christianity."
Biblical Research 11 (1966): 17-28.
Rowe, Robert D. "Is Daniel's 'Son of
Man' Messianic? In Christ the
Lord, ed. Harold H. Rowdon.
Sahlin, Harald. "Antiochus IV
Epiphanes und Judas Mackabäus."
Studia theologica 23 (1979): 41-68.
Takes the view that "one like a son of man" is Judas Maccabeus.
Sailhamer, John H. "The Messiah and
the Hebrew Bible." Journal of
the Evangelical Theological Society
44:1 (March 2001):
5-23.
Schmidt, Nathaniel. "The Son of Man
in the Book of Daniel."
Journal of Biblical Literature 19
(1900): 22-28.
An early proponent of the theory that the angel Michael is the "one like
a son of man."
Smith, Mark S. "The 'Son of Man' in
Ugaritic." CBQ 45 (1983):
59-60.
Stuckenbuck, Loren T. "'One Like a
Son of Man as the Ancient of Days' in the Old Greek Recension of Daniel 7, 13:
Scribal Error or Theological Translation?"
Zeitschrift für die Neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der
Alteren Kirche 86:3-4 (1995): 268-76.
Wade, Loron. "'Son of Man' Comes to
the Judgment in Daniel 7:13," JATS 11 (2000): 277-81.
OT Abstracts: "W. sees the Son of
Man figure in Daniel 7 as a 'study in contrasts' vis-à-vis the human figure and
the fierce animals who precede him.
The Son of Man is escorted to the tribunal, but goes forth from this as a king,
succeeding a series of earthly kings who strove for dominion.
Like the high priest entering the
Witherington, Ben, III. The
Christology of Jesus.
[See book review by Craig Evans in Trinity Theological Journal
12:1 (Spring 1991): 113-118].
Wright, N. T.
Christian Origins and the Question of God.
Volume 1: The New Testament and the People of God.
Young, Edward J.
"Daniel's Vision of the Son of
Zevit, Ziony.
"The Structure and Individual Elements of Daniel 7."
Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 80 (1968):
385-96.
Takes the position that "one like a son of man" refers to the angel
Gabriel.
Texts and Translations
(inc.
Ashley, T. R. "A Philological,
Literary, Theological Study of Some Problems in Daniel Chapters I-VI; with
Special Reference to the Massoretic Text, the Septuagint and Medieval Rabbinic
Exegesis of Selected Passages."
Ph.D. dissertation,
Barthélemy, Dominique, and J. T. Milik.
Bruce, F. F. "The Book of Daniel
and the
Brownlee , William Hugh.
The Meaning of the
Cowe, S. Peter.
The Armenian Version of Daniel. Vol. 9 of
Cross, Frank Moore, Jr. "Editing
the Manuscript Fragments from Qumran:
Cave 4 of
An early report on some fragments of Daniel found in Cave 4 at
Cross, Frank Moore, Jr.
The Ancient Library of
Cross, Frank Moore, Jr. and
Cross, Frank Moore, Jr., Eugene Ulrich,
et al. [review article on
Qumran Cav 4, V 7: Genesis to
Numbers; Vetus Testamentum 46:143
(Jan 1996). Series:
Discoveries in the
Eitan, I. "Some Philological
Observations in Daniel."
HUCA 14 (1939): 13-22.
"Fragments of the Book of Daniel Found."
The Archaeological News and Views
12:2 (May 1949): 33.
Fitzmyer, J. A.
The Genesis Apocryphon of
Flint, Peter W. "The Daniel
Tradition at Qumran." In
Eschatology, Messianism, and the Dead Sea Scrolls, ed. Craig A. Evans and
Peter W. Flint, 41-60. Studies in
the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature.
Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans,
1997.
Flint, Peter W. "The Biblical
Scrolls and the Text of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament."
In The Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls, ed. James VanderKam and
Peter Flint, 103-53. New York:
HarperCollins, 2002.
Freedman, D. N. "The Prayer of
Nabonidus."
BASOR 145 (1957): 31-32.
Hasel, G. "New Light on the Book of
Daniel from the
Mansoor, Menahem.
The
Ozanne, C. G. "Three Textual
Problems in Daniel."
The Journal of Theological Studies 16
(Oct 1965).
Péter-Contesse,
René; and John Ellington. A
Handbook on The Book of Daniel. UBS Handbook Series.
Trever, J. C. "Completion of the
Publication of Some Fragments from
Fragments of Daniel from Cave 1 appear on plates v and vi (1QDana and
1QDanb).
Trever, J. C. "The Book of Daniel
and the Origen of the
Ulrich, Eugene. "Daniel Manuscripts
from
Ulrich, Eugene. "Daniel Manuscripts
from
Ulrich, Eugene. "Orthography and
Text in 4QDana and 4QDanb and in the Received Masoretic
Text." In
Of Scribes and Scrolls, edited by H.
W. Attridge, J. J. Collins, and T. H. Tobin, 29-42.
Lanham: Univ. Press of
Ulrich, Eugene. “The Text of Daniel
in the
Vasholz, Robert I. "
Vermes, G.
The
Contains an English translation of the Nabonidus fragment (4QPsDan or
4QPrNab).
Ackroyd, Peter R. Exile and
Restoration.
Arnold, Bill T. "What Has
Nebuchadnezzar To Do With David? On
the Neo-Babylonian Period and Early
Beasley-Murray, G. R. Jesus and
the
Beasley-Murray, G. R. "The
Blomberg, Craig L. "A Response to
G. R. Beasley-Murray on the Kingdom."
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 35:1 (March 1992):
31-36.
Collins, John J. "Inspiration or
Illusion: Biblical Theology and the
Book of Daniel."
Ex Auditu 6 (1990): 29-38.
Helberg, Jacob L. "The
Determination of History According to the Book of Daniel:
Against the Background of Deterministic Apocalyptic."
Zeitschrift für die
Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft
107:2 (1995): 273-287.
Klein, Ralph W.
Mastin, Brian A.
"Wisdom and Daniel." In
Wisdom in Ancient
Merrill, Eugene H.
"A Theology of Ezekiel and Daniel."
In A Biblical Theology of the Old
Testament, ed. Roy B. Zuck, 365-95.
This is an excellent
treatment of the theology of Daniel by a professor of Old Testament at Dallas
Seminary. Recommended!
Merrill, Eugene H.
"Daniel as a Contribution to Kingdom Theology."
In Essays in Honor of J. Dwight Pentecost, ed. Stanley D.
Toussaint and Charles H. Dyer, 211-25.
Sweeney, Marvin A.
“The End of Eschatology in Daniel?
Theological and Socio-political Ramifications of the Changing Contexts of
Interpretation.”
Biblical Interpretation 9 (2001):
123-40.
OT Abstracts: “S. offers a
reassessment of the political and nationalistic agenda of Daniel in relation to
post-Enlightenment biblical theology, affirming the particular over against the
universal, which generates a unified reading of Daniel 1-6 and 7-12.
S. demonstrates that (1) the political and religious aims of the
Hasmonean revolt permeate the entire book, not just the visions; (2) the use of
mythological and symbolic language reflects perspectives of the priesthood and
Jerusalem Temple correlating events of heaven and earth; (3) in contrast to the
prophetic books which identify Israel’s punishment as YHWH’s will (i.e., Isaiah,
Jeremiah, Ezekiel), Daniel associates YHWH with the overthrow of foreign powers.
Even though it is an apocalyptic book, Daniel is concerned with events of
this world which it attempts to change for the better.”
Walvoord, John F.
"Interpreting Prophecy Today;
Part 2: The
Ackroyd, P. R.
"The
Arnold, Bill T.
"Word Play and Characterization in Daniel 1."
In Puns and Pundits: Word
Play in the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near Eastern Literature, ed. Scott
Noegel, 231-48.
Bruce, F. F.
"The Chronology of Daniel 1:1."
In Tatford, Climax, 229-36.
Day, J.
"The Daniel of
Dressler, H. H. P.
"The Identification of the Ugaritic Dnil with the Daniel of Ezekiel."
Vetus Testamentum 29 (1979):
152-61.
Goldingay, J.
"Nebuchadnezzar = Antiochus Epiphanes?"
Zeitschrift für die
alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 98 (1986): 439.
Larssen, G.
"When Did the Babylonian Captivity Begin?"
Journal of Theological Studies
18 (1967): 417-23.
Meek, T. J.
"Translation Problems in the Old Testament."
Jewish Quarterly Review 50
(1959-60): 45-54.
Mercer, Mark K.
"Daniel 1:1 and Jehoiakim's Three Years of Servitude."
An evaluation of the
problem of reconciling Dan 1:1 with Jeremiah 25:1 (the latter indicates that
Nebuchadnezzar did not become king until the 4th year of Jehoiakim).
Mitchell, G. C.
"The Chaldaeans."
Expository Times 39 (1927-28): 45-46.
Rowley, H. H.
"The Chaldaeans in the Book of Daniel."
Expository Times 38 (1926-27):
423-28.
Rowley, H. H.
"The Chaldaeans."
Expository Times 39 (1927-28):
188-89.
Selms, A. van.
"The Name Nebuchadnezzar."
In Travels in the World of the Old
Testament, FS M. A. Beek, ed. M. S. H. G. Heerma van Voss et al., 223-27.
Assen: Van Gorcum, 1974.
Stone, M.
"A Note on Daniel i.3."
Australian Biblical Review 7 (1959):
69-71.
Zadok, R.
"The Origin of the Name
Brooke, G. J.
"
Davies, P. R.
"Daniel Chapter 2."
Journal of Theological Studies 27
(1976): 392-401.
Finkel, A.
"The Pesher of Dreams and Scriptures."
Revue de Qumran 4 (1963-64):
357-70.
Flusser, D.
"The Four Empires in the Fourth Sibyl and in the Book of Daniel."
Ginsberg, H. L.
"'King of Kings' and 'Lord of Kingdoms.'"
American Journal of Semitic
Languages and Literature 57 (1960): 71-74.
Glasson, T. F.
Greek
Influence on Jewish Eschatology.
Glasson, T. F.
"Visions of Thy Head" (Daniel 228)."
Expository Times 81 (1969-70):
247-48.
Gnuse, R.
"The Jewish Dream Interpreter in a Foreign Court:
The Recurring Use of a Theme in Jewish Literature."
Journal for the Study of the
Pseudepigrapha 7 (1990): 29-52.
Gruenthaner, M. J.
"The Four Empires of Daniel."
Catholic Biblical Quarterly 8
(1946): 72-82, 201-12.
Gurney, R.J.M.
"The Four Kingdoms of Daniel 2 and 7."
Themelios 2 (1977): 39-45.
Hanson, J. S.
"Dreams and Visions in the Graeco-Roman World and Early Christianity."
Aufsteig und Niedergang der
römishen Welt (ed. H. Temporini and
Hasel, G. F.
"The Four World Empires of Daniel 2 against Its Near Eastern
Environment."
Journal for the Study of the Old
Testament 12 (1979): 17-30.
Hoffner, Harry A.,
Jr. "Ancient Views of Prophecy and
Fulfillment: Mesopotamia and
Helpful for understanding the concept of "dreams" in the ANE.
Horgan, M. P.
Pesharim.
Catholic Biblical Quarterly Monograph Series 8 (1979).
Kruschwitz, Robert
B.; and Paul L. Redditt.
"Nebuchadnezzar as the Head of Gold:
Politics and History in the Theology of the Book of Daniel."
Perspectives in Religious Studies 24 (1997): 399-416.
OT Abstracts:
"They come to the following conclusions:
(1)
Lattey, C.
"Sovereignty and Realm in Dan. 2, 44."
Biblica 4 (1923): 91-94.
Lawson, Jack N.
"'The God Who Reveals Secrets':
The Mesopotamian Background to Daniel 2.47."
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 74 (June 1997): 61-76.
Löwinger, S.
"Nebuchadnezzar's Dream in the Book of Daniel."
In Ignace Goldziher Memorial
Volume, ed. S. Löwinger and J. Somogyi, 1:336-52.
Lucas, Ernest C.
"The Origin of Daniel's Four Empires Scheme Re-examined."
Tyndale Bulletin 40 (Nov 1989): 185-202.
Maalouf, Tony T.
"Were the Magi from
Mastin, B. A.
"Daniel 2:46 and the Hellenistic World."
Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche
Wissenschaft 85 (1973): 80-93.
Mendels, D.
"The Five Empires."
American Journal of Philology 102
(1981): 330-37.
Momigliano, A.
"The Origins of Universal History."
In The Poet and the Historian,
ed. R. E. Friedman, 133-54.
Newton, B. W.
Aids to Prophetic Enquiry.
3 vols.
Niditch, S., and R.
Doran. "The Success Story of the
Wise Courtier: A Formal Approach."
Journal of Biblical Literature
96 (1977): 179-93.
Oppenheim, A. L.
"The Interpretation of Dreams in the Ancient Near East."
Transactions of the American
Philosophical Society 46:3 (1956): 179-373.
Pfandl, Gerhard.
"Interpretations of the
Pope, M. H.,
and J. H. Tigay. "A
Description of Baal."
Ugaritische Forschungen 3 (1971):
117-30.
Powell, Mark Allan.
“The Magi as Wise Men: Re-examining a Basic Supposition,” New
Testament Studies 46 (2000): 1-20.
Rundgren, F.
"An Aramaic Loanword in Daniel."
Orientalia Suecana 25-26
(1976-77): 45-55.
Siegman, E. F.
"The Stone Hewn from the Mountain."
Catholic Biblical Quarterly 18
(1956): 364-79.
Stevenson, W. B.
"The Identification of the Four Kingdoms in the Book of Daniel."
Transactions of the
Swain, J. W.
"The Theory of the Four Monarchies."
Classical Philology 35 (1940):
1-21.
Wallace R.
"Tyrant, Kingdom, and Church."
Interpretation 15 (1961):
431-38.
Walton, J. H.
"The Four Kingdoms of Daniel."
Journal of the Evangelical
Theological Society 29 (1986): 25-36.
Though an
evangelical, Walton departs from the normal evangelical position to suggest that
the four kingdoms are Assyria, Media, Medo-Persia, and
Avalos, Hector.
"The Comedic Function of the Enumerations of Officials and Instruments in
Daniel 3."
Catholic Biblical Quarterly 53
(1991): 580-88.
Explains the
humerous effect created by what would otherwise appear to be wearisome,
superfluous repetitions in ch 3 (though the author dates the book late and
denies Danielic authorship and the historicity of chaps. 1-6).
Cook, S. A.
"The Articles of Dress in Dan iii, 21."
Journal of Philology 26 (1899): 306-13.
Coxon, P.
"Daniel 3:17: A Linguistic
and Theological Problem." Vetus
Testamentum 26 (1976): 400-409.
Dyer, Charles H.
"The Musical Instruments in Daniel 3."
Bibliotheca Sacra 147:588
(Oct-Dec 1990): 426-36.
Mitchell, T. C., and
R. Joyce. "The Musical Instruments
in Nebuchadnezzar's Orchestra." In
Notes on Some Problems in the Book of
Daniel, ed. D. J. Wiseman et al., 19-27.
Paul, Shalom M.
"A Case Study of 'Neglected' Blasphemy."
JNES 42 (1985): 291-94.
Van Deventer, H. J.
M. "'We Did Not Hear the Bagpipe':
A Note on Daniel 3." Old
Testament Essays 11 (1998): 340-49.
Explores why in vs. 5 the last instrument, commonly translated "bagpipe",
is missing.
Burkholder, Byron.
“Literary Patterns and God’s Sovereignty in Daniel
Coxon, P. W.
"The Great Tree of Daniel 4."
In A Word in Season:
Essays in Honour of William McKane, ed.
Cross, F. M.
"Fragments of the Prayer of Nabonidus."
DiLella, Alexander
A. "Daniel 4:7-14:
Poetic Analysis and Biblical Background."
In Mélanges bibliques et orientaux en l'honneur de M. Henri Cazelles,
ed. A. Caquot and M. Delcor, 247-58, AOAT 212.
Kevelaer: Butzon & Bercker,
1981.
Ferguson, Paul.
"Nebuchadnezzar, Gilgamesh, and the Babylonian Job."
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 37:3 (September
1994): 321-331.
Freedman, D. M.
"The Prayer of Nabonidus."
Bulletin of the American Schools of
Oriental Research 145 (1957): 31-32.
Hartman, Louis F.
"The Great Tree and Nabuchodonosor's Madness."
In The Bible in Current Catholic Thought, ed. John L. McKenzie.
Hays, Christopher B.
“Chirps From the Dust: The
Affliction of Nebuchadnezzar in Dan 4:30 in Its Ancient Near Eastern Context.”
Journal of Biblical Literature
126:2 (Spring 2007): 305-325.
Henze, Matthias.
The Madness of King Nebuchadnezzar:
The Ancient Near Eastern Origins and Early History of Interpretation of
Daniel 4. Journal for the Study
of Judaism Suppl. 61.
OT Abstracts:
"H. first examines the many ancient variants of the trope of
animalization of which the story of Nebuchadnezzar's madness in Daniel 4 is a
potent example. He then turns to
the interpretation of Daniel
Meadowcroft, Tim.
"Point of View in Storytelling:
An Experiment in Narrative Criticism in Daniel 4."
Didaskalia 8 (Spr 1997): 30-42.
Murray, R.
"The Origin of Aramaic
u'r, Angel."
Orientalia 53 (1984): 303-17.
Shea, W. H. "Further Literary
Structures in Daniel 2–7 . . ."
[see under Literary Features]
Thomas, D. W. "Some Observations on
the Hebrew word
/n`u&r^."
Hebräische Wortforschung (Festschrift to W. Baumgartner; VTSuppl
16, 1967): 387-97.
Emerton, J. A.
"The Participles in Daniel v. 12."
Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 72 (1960): 262-63.
Hilton, Michael.
"
Though Hilton dates
the book in the 2nd century
BC,
he provides a very helpful comparison and contrast between the founding of
Kraeling, E. G.
"The Handwriting on the Wall."
Journal of Biblical Literature
63 (1944): 11-18.
Millard, Alan.
"Daniel and Belshazzar in History."
Biblical Archaeological Review 11:3 (May-June 1985): 73-78.
Polaski, Donald C.
“Mene, Mene, Tekel, Parsin:
Writing and Resistance in Daniel 5 and 6.”
JBL 123 (2004): 649-69.
Shea, William H.
"Further Literary Structures in Daniel 2–7:
An Analysis of Daniel 5, and the Broader Relationships Within Chapters
2–7."
The author attempts to build a case that chapter 5 is composed in a
chiastic structure, with Belshazzar’s speech in 13b-16a as the innermost
element.
Steinmann, Andrew.
"The Chicken and the Egg: A
New Proposal for the Relationship between the Prayer of Nabonidus and the
Book of Daniel." Revue de
Qumran 20 (2002): 557-70.
Reviewed in BibSac (Oct-Dec 2004, 493).
van Deventer, H. J.
M. "Another Wise Queen (Mother):
Woman's Wisdom in Daniel 5:10-12."
Theologia Viatorum 26 (2000): 92-113.
Although this
article investigates the character of the queen in Dan 5, the author relies on
feminist studies to propose that a feminine wisdom tradition possibly lies
behind the text of Dan 5:10-12.
Shalom, M. Paul.
“Daniel6:20: An Aramaic
Calque on an Akkadian Expression.”
Scriptura 87 (2004): 315-16.
“P. argues that the word benogha’in Dan 6:20 is not a gloss, but
rather an Aramaic calque of the Akkadian expression, ina/ana mimmu seri ina
namari, ‘when the first light of dawn shone.’
This expression occurs several times in the Gilgamesh epic, and consists
of the Akkadian verb namaru (‘to dawn, shine brightly’) and the noun
seru (‘daybreak, daylight’).”
OT Abst 28:2, 2005.
Walton, John.
"The Decree of Darius the Mede in Daniel 6."
Journal of the Evangelical
Theological Society 31 (1986): 279-86.
[Note:
See also the Topic "Son of Man"]
Beasley-Murray,
George R. "The Interpretation of
Daniel 7." Catholic Biblical
Quarterly 45 (Jan 1983): 44-58.
While he claims that the messianic interpretation of this vision is not
demonstrable, he does claim that "it is plausible, and even probable" (58).
Brekelmans, C. H. W.
"The Saints of the Most High and Their Kingdom."
Oudtestamentische Studiën 14 (1965):
305-29.
Argues against the position that the "holy ones" are angels in ch 7.
Collins, J.
"Stirring up the
Dequeker, L.
"'The Saints of the Most High'" in
Dumbrell, William T.
"Daniel 7." Stimulus
2 (Fall 1994): 26-31.
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OT Abstracts: “Since the end
of the nineteenth century at least sixteen primary influences on the vision of
Dan 7:2-14 have been proposed, this demonstrating the complexity of the
passage’s traditio-historical background.
However, most traditio-historical proposals concerning the vision of
Daniel 7 barely outline the parameters of the debate and usually concentrate
either on its first (vv. 2-8) or second part (vv. 9-14).
E.’s history of research discusses the various proposed influences on the
whole vision in detail and with a critical evaluation.
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An evaluation of
numerous suggestions for the source of animal imagery in Dan 7--8.
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model for the enigmatic fourth animal in Daniel 7
(PT–would this be relevant to a 6th century dating of the book?).
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In God Who Creates:
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McBride, Jr., 190-203.
The author explores
the use of creation imagery in Dan 7, by evoking Genesis 1.
Chaos may come to the world, but God is able to restore order and bring
the world back to its original order.
Yet, Dan 7 adds a new element, namely, that of an eternal kingdom.
This will ensure that the reversion is permanent.
Bampfylde, Gillian. "The Prince of
the Host in the Book of Daniel and the
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Doukhan takes the day-year approach to the 2300 mornings and evenings.
Gane, Roy. “The Syntax of Tet Ve .
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Bibliotheca Sacra
152:607 (Jul 1995):
318-33.
Leatherman, Donn
Walter. “Structural Considerations
regarding the Relation of Daniel 8 & Daniel 9.”
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The author tries to affirm that these two chapters form a single
apocalyptic unit. He concludes that
the 70 weeks of Dan 9 and the 2300 evening-mornings of Daniel 8 begin at the
same point in time.
Matheny, James F.;
and Marjorie B. Matheny. Collision
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Designations in Ugaritic and Hebrew."
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Porter, P. A.
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A Literary-Critical Study of Daniel 7 and 8.
Coniectanea biblica OT Series 20.
Schwantes, S. J. "'Ereb Boqer
of Dan 8:14 Re-examined."
Shea, William H. “Supplementary
Evidence in Support of 457 B.C. as the Starting Date for the 2300 Day―Years of
Daniel 8:14.”
Journal of the Adventist Theological
Society 12 (2001): 89-96.
OT Abstracts: “The starting
point for S.’s study is the Seventh Day Adventist belief that ‘the 2300
prophetic and symbolic evening-mornings or historical years extend from 457
B.C.
to
A.D.
Waterman, L. "A Note on Daniel
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Journal of Biblical Literature 66
(1947): 319-20.
Adler, William. "The Apocalyptic
Survey of History Adapted by Christians:
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In The Jewish Apocalyptic Heritage in Early Christianity, ed.
James C. VanderKam and William Adler, 201-38.
Though personally espousing a fulfillment of Dan 9:24-
Anderson, Sir Robert. The
Coming Prince.
Avalos, Hector. "Daniel 9:24-25 and
OT Abstracts: "A. cites two
previously overlooked Mesopotamian parallels to Dan 9:24-25, which changes the
years of punishment for
Beckwith, R. T. "Daniel 9 and the
Date of Messiah's Coming in Essene, Hellenistic, Pharisaic, Zealot, and Early
Christian Computation."
Revue De Qumran 10 (1979-81): 521-42.
Argues that the distinction between the seven “sevens” and the sixty-nine
“sevens” is the product of the Masoretic punctuation.
Important sources like the LXX, Theodotion, Symmachus, and the
rabbinically educated
Berghuis, Kent D.
"A Biblical Perspective on Fasting."
Bibliotheca Sacra 158:629 (Jan 2001): 86-103.
Chazan, Robert. "The Messianic
Calculations of Nahmanides." In
Rashi 1040-1990, ed. G. Sed-Rajna,
631-36. 1993.
Chisholm, Robert, Jr.
Handbook on the Prophets.
Chisholm has a
section on the Book of Daniel, and his interpretation of the seventy weeks
prophecy is noteworthy. Though a
professor at Dallas Seminary, he does not take the numbers literally, does not
take the messianic view, and concludes that the prediction relates to a time in
the days of Antiochus Epiphanes (2nd cent. BC).
Yet he views this as a type of the end-time Antichrist.
Chisholm is also influenced by McComiskey's article (that it is 7 "weeks"
until the anointed one, not 7 + 62).
Cooper, David L.
The 70 Weeks of Daniel.
Dequeker, L. "King Darius and the
Prophecy of Seventy Weeks, Daniel 9."
In The Book of Daniel in the Light
of New Findings [Papers from a conference at
Dimant, D. "Dan 9,24-
Doukhan, Jacques. "The Seventy
Weeks of Dan 9: An Exegetical
Study."
AUSS 17 (Spr 1979): 1-22.
Feinberg, Paul D. "An Exegetical
and Theological Study of Daniel 9:24-27."
In Tradition and Testament,
ed. John S. Feinberg and Paul D. Feinberg, 189-220.
A very thorough and excellent study of Dan 9:24-27.
Reliable and highly recommended.
Francisco,
Frerichs, Wendell W. "How Many
Weeks Until the End?" Word and
World 15 (Spr 1995): 166-74.
Fruchtenbaum, Arnold. Excerpt from
"The Seventy Sevens of Daniel."
Ariel Ministries Newsletter (Spring
1995).
Grabbe, Lester L. "The
Seventy-weeks Prophecy (Daniel 9:24-27) in Early Jewish Interpretation."
In The Quest for Context and Meaning:
Studies in Biblical Intertextuality in Honor of James
[DTS BS1171.2.Q47]
Gruenthaner, Michael J. "The
Seventy Weeks." Catholic Biblical
Quarterly 1 (1939): 44-54.
Gurney, R. J. M. "The Seventy Weeks
of Daniel." Evangelical
Quarterly 53 (Jan-Mar 1981): 29-36.
Argues for the position of Ezra 458 BC as starting point of the dating of
the 70 weeks.
Hardy, Frank W.
"The Hebrew Singular for 'Week' in the Expression 'One Week' in Daniel
9:27."
AUSS 32:3 (1994): 197-202.
The author contends
that "week" means a literal week (not a period of seven), and there should be no
gap of time between the 69th and 70th weeks.
Hasel, Gerhard F.
"The Hebrew Masculine Plural for Weeks in the Expression 'Seventy Weeks'
in Daniel 9:24."
AUSS 31 (Summer 1993): 105-118.
Similar to Hardy
(see above).
Hasel, Gerhard F.
"The Seventy Weeks of Daniel 9:24-27."
Ministry Insert 5D-21D in
Ministry 49 (May 1976).
Provides a survey
and critique of the various views of this passage.
Hoehner, Harold W.
"Chronological Aspects of the Life of Christ;
Part VI: Daniel's Seventy Weeks and New Testament Chronology."
Bibliotheca Sacra 132:525 (Jan
1975): 47-65.
An excellent
article, especially on refinements of chronological detail.
Hoehner understands each week = 7 years, and holds that the decree in
view is that of Nehemiah
Hoekema, Anthony A.
”Seventy Weeks." In
The International Standard Bible
Encyclopedia, ed. Geoffrey W. Bromiley, 4:427-28.
Argues against the
dispensational interpretation of a "gap" before the 70th week in
favor of a fulfillment in the Roman period for all 70 weeks.
Hence, Christ dies in the middle of the 70th week.
He does not deal with the problem this view raises concerning the 2nd
half of the 70th week.
Holtzman, Frederick.
"A Re-examination of the Seventy Weeks of Daniel."
Th.M. thesis, Dallas Theological Seminary, 1974.
Jones, B. W.
"The Prayer in Daniel IX."
Vetus Testamentum 18 (1968): 488-93.
Apocalyptic used to answer problem of suffering.
Kalafian, Michael.
The Prophecy of the Seventy Weeks of the Book of Daniel.
Kline, Meredith G.
"The Covenant of the Seventieth Week."
In The Law and the Prophets:
Old Testament Studies Prepared in Honor of Oswald Thompson Allis, ed.
John H. Skilton.
Knowles, L. E.
"The Interpretations of the Seventy Weeks of Daniel in the Early
Fathers."
Krauss, Samuel.
"The Jews in the Works of the Church Fathers."
Jewish Quarterly Review 6
(1894).
Makes some
references to Jerome's report of Jewish interpretations of the Dan 9:24-27
prophecy.
Laato, Antti.
"The Seventy Yearweeks in the Book of Daniel."
Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 102 (1990): 212
- 225.
Lacoque, A.
"The Liturgical Prayer in Daniel 9."
Larson, David.
"A Comparison of the Decrees of Artaxerxes’ 20th Year and Cyrus’ First
Year as the Beginning Point of Daniel’s Seventy Weeks."
M.Div. thesis, Grace Theological Seminary, 1987.
Leatherman, D. W.
[see under ch 8].
Lurie, Daivd H.
"A New Interpretation of Daniel's 'Sevens' and the Chronology of the
Seventy 'Sevens.'"
Journal of the Evangelical Theological
Society 33:3 (Sept 1990): 303-309.
Lurie attempts to
argue that the Cyrus decree in 538
BC
is the proper terminus a quo for the
calculations. Furthermore, the
three groups of sevens are not
composed of the same number of sevens but various multiples of the integer
seven, i.e., the sevens in the first
group of 7 sevens are actually 14
years, hence 7 x 14. The 62
sevens on the other hand, are
actually seven years each, hence 62 x 7.
Finally, the 70th seven
is made up of 70 years. Using these
figures the first 69 sevens take you
from 538 BC to 6 BC, the latter being the birth of Christ.
The final week is from 6
BC
until AD
65, but Christ dies in the middle, i.e., in
AD
30. All in all, his suggestions are
too arbitrary to be convincing, but it does show the futility of trying to make
the numbers work when using the 538 date (which is why Young who uses the same
date has to take the numbers symbolically).
Lust, Johan.
"Cult and Sacrifice in Daniel:
The Tamid and the Abomination of Desolation."
In Ritual and Sacrifice in the
Ancient Near East, ed. J. Quaegebeur, 283-99.
1993.
MacRae, Allan A.
"The Seventy Weeks of Daniel."
Paper delivered at the Evangelical Theological Society,
Matheny, James F. and
Marjorie B.
The Seventy Weeks of Daniel:
An Exposition of Daniel 9:24-27.
Brevard, NC: Jay and
Associates Publishers, 1990.
Reviewed in
BibSac (Oct-Dec 1992, p 491).
Varies from most dispensational views.
Mauro, Philip.
The Seventy Weeks and the Great
Tribulation.
Amillennial approach.
McClain, Alva J.
Daniel's Prophecy of the Seventy Weeks.
A helpful treatment
of Dan 9:24-27 by a noted premillennial scholar.
His dating scheme needs updating in light of Hoehner's research.
McLean, John A.
"The Seventieth Week of Daniel 9:27 as a Literary Key for Understanding
the Structure of the Apocalypse of John."
Ph.D. diss.,
McCall, Thomas.
"How Soon the
McComiskey, Thomas.
"The Seventy Weeks of Daniel Against the Background of Ancient Near
Eastern Literature."
Rejects a Messianic interpretation altogether.
Takes the "decree" as Jeremiah's prophecy in Jer 29:10 (which he dates
about 594
BC).
It is not 69 weeks until Messiah, but 7 weeks until Cyrus followed by
another 62 weeks in which the city is being rebuilt (a conclusion based on the
punctuation of the Masoretic text in 9:25).
The "Anointed one" who is cut off in 9:26 is not Jesus but the
Antichrist. Since the dates will
obviously not support his scheme, he tries (unsuccessfully!) to argue for a
symbolic understanding of 7 and 70 weeks.
Not convincing! Yet has
influenced people like Robert Chisholm.
McLean, John Andrew.
The Seventieth Week of Daniel 9:27 as a
Literary Key for Understanding the Structure of the Apocalypse of John.
This is a reprint of the author's doctoral dissertation from the
McNamara, M. "Seventy Weeks of
Years." In
The New Catholic Encyclopedia.
Meadowcroft, Tim. “Exploring the
OT Abstracts: “On the basis
of comparisons with other texts, many from Qumran, M. argues that the phrase
‘holy of holies’ in Dan 9:24 refers to a group of people who draw their identity
from the Temple, rather than to the Temple’s innermost part.
He argues further that the phrase ‘Anointed Ones’ (9:25-26) signifies
persons of that same community, who were themselves anointed.
The first group of Anointed Ones encountered difficulty at the end of the
seven years (not a precise figure), while the second group did so during the
last periods of sevens. So
understood, the passage was open to further interpretation, as occurs in Mark
Newman, Robert C. "Daniel's Seventy
Weeks and the Old Testament Sabbath-Year Cycle."
Journal of the Evangelical
Theological Society 16 (Fall 1973): 229-234.
Takes the "sabbatical year view"—the calculations are not to be based on
seven-year periods but on "sabbatical cycles."
Concludes that the 69th cycle falls between
AD
27-34, and the 70th cycle is in the eschatological future.
Owusu-Antwi, Brempong.
The Chronology of Dan 9:24-27.
Adventist Theological Society Dissertation Series, vol. 2.
The author concludes that the “70 weeks” begin in 457
B.C.
and that the entire series is concluded in
A.D.
34. Very well researched, though
the conclusions are doubtful.
Payne, J. Barton. "The Goal of
Daniel's Seventy Weeks."
Journal of the Evangelical Theological
Society 21 (June 1978): 97-115.
Payne was a post-trib premillennialist, but he argued for a completion of all 70
weeks in the Roman period (similar to amillennialist Young).
Payne, J. Barton. “The Goal of
Daniel’s Seventy Weeks; Interpretation by Context.”
Presbyterion 4:1 (Spring
1978): 33-38.
Pierce, Ronald W. "Spiritual
Failure, Postponement, and Daniel 9."
This study understands Dan 9:24-27 as a sixth century
BC
prophecy, but focusing on the postponement of the expected restoration caused by
the poor spiritual condition of the remnant at the close of the exile. In the
brief announcement by Gabriel, the captivity of
Poythress, Vern Sheridan.
"Hermeneutical Factors In Determining the Beginning of the Seventy Weeks (Daniel
9:25)."
Price, J. Randall. "Prophetic
Postponement in Daniel 9 and Other Texts."
In Issues in Dispensationalism,
ed. W. R. Willis and John R. Master.
Redditt, Paul L. "Daniel 9:
Its Structure and Meaning."
CBQ 62:2 (Apr 2000): 236-49.
The author assumes a 2nd century author and fulfilment in the
Maccabean era. Argues that the
author of Daniel thought in terms of a periodization of history based on
Sabbaths and Jubilees.
OT Abstracts: "R. reads Daniel 9 as
a unity, in accord with the emerging consensus that the author incorporated a
previously existing prayer (vv. 4-19) into his narrative (vv. 1-3, 21-27).
He concludes that vv. 1-2 constitute a reflection on the
religio-historical situation in which the scribal community responsible for the
book found itself ca. 165
B.C.E.
Then vv. 3-20 (including the borrowed prayer) explain why the full
restitution of Jerusalem promised in Jeremiah 25 and 29 has not yet
materialized: because the community
needs to turn fervently to God and confess its sinfulness.
Next, vv. 21-27 offer a timetable for that reconstruction—not a table of
specific dates, but a periodization of history based on Sabbaths and Jubilees."
Rosscup, James E.
"Prayer Relating to Prophecy in Daniel 9."
The Master's Seminary Journal
3:1 (Spring 1992): 47-71.
Shea, William H. "Poetic Relations
of the Time Periods in Dan 9;25."
AUSS 18 (1980): 59-63.
Shin, Young-Sun. “An Analysis of
Daniel 9:24-
Showers, Ronald E. "New Testament
Chronology and the Decree of Daniel 9."
Defends the
AD
32 date for the crucifixion of Christ (contrast Hoehner's argument for
AD
33).
Sigal, George. "Daniel's Seventy
Weeks (Daniel 9:24-27)." In
The Jew and the
Christian Missionary: A Jewish Response to Missionary Christianity.
Tanner, J. Paul.
“Is Daniel’s Seventy-Weeks Prophecy Messianic? Part
1.”
Bibliotheca Sacra 166:662 (Apr-Jun
2009): 181-200.
Tanner, J. Paul.
“Is Daniel’s Seventy-Weeks Prophecy Messianic?
Part 2."
Bibliotheca Sacra 166:663 (Jul-Sep
2009): 319-35.
van Deventer, Hans. "The End of the
End: Or, What Is the Deuteronomist
(Still) Doing in Daniel?" Past,
Present, Future: The
Deuteronomistic History and the Prophets, ed. Johannes C.
DE
Moor and Harry F. van Rooy, 62-75.
OT Abstracts: "V.D. argues that
Deuteronomistic influence lies behind the prayer in Dan 9:4-19.
This section represents a later addition to the Book of Daniel and draws
on older Deuteronomistic traditions to deal with a historically similar
situation, i.e., the loss of the
Venter, P. M. “Constitualised space
in Daniel 9.” Hervormde
Teologiese Studies (
Asserts that the prayer of Dan 9 served theologically to pave the way for
prayers in the later synagogue.
Wacholder, Ben Zion.
"Chronomessianism: The Timing of
Messianic Movements and the Calendar of Sabbatical Cycles."
HUCA 46 (1975): 201-218.
Walvoord, John F. "Is the
Seventieth Week of Daniel Future."
Bibliotheca Sacra 101 (1944): 30-49.
Walvoord, John F. "Will
Whitcomb, John C.
"Daniel's Great Seventy-Weeks Prophecy:
An Exegetical Insight."
Grace Theological Journal 2:2 (Fall
1981): 259-63.
Helpful for
understanding the Hebrew term
u~Wbv*
("week").
Wilson, Gerald H.
"The Prayer of Daniel 9: Reflection on Jeremiah 29."
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 48 (1990): 91-99.
Bampfylde, G. "The Prince of the
Host in the Book of Daniel and the
Carson, D. A. "God, the Bible, and
Spiritual Warfare: A Review
Article." Journal of the
Evangelical Theological Society
42:2 (June 1999):
251.
Clifford, R. J. "History and Myth
in Daniel 10–12." BASOR 220
(1975): 23-26.
Custer, John S. “Man of Desires:
Eros in the Book of Daniel.”
The Downside Review 119 (2001):
217-30.
OT Abstracts: “Daniel is
called a ‘man of desires’ (Dan 10:11, 19; cf. 9:23), i.e., either a man desired
(= ‘beloved’) by the Creator, or perhaps the object of sexual desire on the part
of Nebuchadnezzar (cf. Dan 1:15; b. Shab.
149). By its play on the
ambiguities of the word ‘desire,’ the Book of Daniel makes a satiric jab at
Babylon (representing Hellenism) on the subject of sexuality.
In this interpretation, Daniel stands for chastity against blandishments
of assimilation to Hellenistic culture.”
Rowland, Christopher. "A Man
Clothed in Linen: Daniel 10.6ff.
and Jewish Angelology." Journal
for the Study of the New Testament 24 (1985): 99-110.
Shea, W. H. "Wrestling with the
Prince of
Shea takes the position that the "princes" in chapter 10 are not demonic
angels, but human leaders standing in opposition to God's work.
Smillie, Gene R. "Ephesians
6:19-20; A Mystery for the Sake of
Which the Apostle is an Ambassador in Chains."
Helpful discussions about angelic warfare, and possible relationship of
Daniel to Ephesians.
Stevens, David E. "Daniel 10 and
The Notion of Territorial Spirits."
Bibliotheca Sacra 157:628 (Oct-Dec 2000): 410-31.
Excellent article in which the author refutes the notion of Shea that the
"prince of
Wilson, R. D. "The Title 'King of
Armerding, C.
"
Barrett, D. S.
"Patterns of Jewish Submission in the Hellenistic-Roman World."
Prudentia 5 (1973): 99-115.
Bevan, E. R.
The House of Seleucus.
2 vols.
Carroll, R. P.
"Prophecy and Disonance."
ZAW 92 (1980): 108-19.
Carroll, R. P.
When Prophecy Failed.
Clifford, R. J.
"History and Myth in Daniel 10–12."
BASOR 220 (1975): 23-26.
Conrad, D.
"On
u~orz= =
'Forces, Troops, Army' in Biblical Hebrew."
Tel Aviv 3 (1976): 111-19.
David, Pablo.
"Daniel 11,1: A Late Gloss?"
In The Book of Daniel in the Light of New Findings, ed. A. S. van
der Woude.
Harton, George M.
"An Interpretation of Daniel 11:36-45."
Grace Theological Journal 4:2 (Fall 1983): 205-31.
"Who is the King of
the North? He is the head of a great power north of
Jones, B. W. "Antiochus Epiphanes
and the Persecution of the Jews."
In Scripture in Context, ed. C. D. Evans, et al., 263-90.
Lust, Johan. "Cult and Sacrifice in
Daniel: The Tamid and the
Abomination of Desolation." In
Ritual and Sacrifice in the Ancient Near
East, ed. J. Quaegebeur, 283-299.
1993.
McHardy, W. D. "The Peshitta Text
of Daniel xi. 4." Journal of
Theological Studies 49 (1948): 56-57.
Mercer, Mark. "An Historical,
Exegetical, and Theological Study of Daniel 11:26C12:4."
Th.D. diss.,
Mercer argues that the descriptions in 11:37-38 do not fit Antiochus, but
rather a future king.
Mercer, Mark. "The Benefactions of
Antiochus IV Epiphanes and Dan 11:37-38;
An Exegetical Note." The
Master's Seminary Journal 12:1 (Spring 2001): 89-93.
OT Abstracts: “Four of the
five current interpretations of Dan 11:36-45 see vv. 37-38 as referring to
Antiochus IV Epiphanes. But
Antiochus does not fit the verses’ description of an individual who will not
show favor to any gods and who will honor a god of fortresses not worshiped by
his ancestors, especially given his cultic gifts to Greek cities.
The evidence thus favors interpreting Dan 11:36-45 as a prophecy to be
fulfilled by a future king.”
McHardy, W. D.
"The Peshitta Text of Daniel xi. 4."
Journal of Theological Studies
49 (1948): 56-57.
Morgenstern, J.
"The King-God among the
Rowley, H. H.
"The 'Prince of the Covenant' in Daniel xi. 22."
Expository Times 55 (1943-44):
24-27.
Schäfer, P.
"The Hellenistic and Maccabaean Periods."
Translated by F. C. Prussner.
In Israelite and Judaean History, ed. J. H. Hayes and
Steinmann, Andrew E.
"Is the Antichrist in Daniel 11?"
BibSac 162:646 (Apr-Jun 2005): 195-209.
Helpful in defending the notion that there is a break at Dan 11:36, and
that the discussion shifts from its focus on Antiochus IV to the end-time
Antichrist.
Tanner, J. Paul.
"Daniel's `King of the North': Do We Owe
This article dispels
the notion that the "King of the North" in Daniel 11:36ff. is a reference to
Tanner, J. Paul. "Rethinking
Ezekiel's Invasion by Gog."
Journal of the Evangelical Theological
Society 39:1 (Mar 1996): 29-46.
Although this article deals primarily with Ezek 38–39, it is helpful for
understanding the reference to "north" in the prophets.
Relevant for a study of Dan 11:36ff.
Täubler, E.
"
Tsafrir, Y.
"The Location of the Seleucid Akra in
Wacholder, B. Z.
"The Beginning of the Seleucid Era and the Chronology of the Diadochoi."
In Nourished with Peace, S. Sandmel Memorial, ed. F. E.
Greenspahn, et al., 183-220.
Woude, Adam S. van der. "Prophetic
Prediction, Political Prognostication, and Firm Belief:
Reflections on Daniel 11:40–12:3."
In The Quest for Context and Meaning:
Studies in Biblical Intertextuality in Honor of James
Armerding, C. "Dan 12:1-3:
Asleep in the Dust."
Bibliotheca Sacra 121:482 (Apr 1964):
153-58.
Bailey, Daniel P. "The Intertextual
Relationship of Daniel 12:2 and Isaiah 26:19:
Evidence from
OT Abstracts: "B. notes that the
text of Isa 26:19 utilized in Dan 12:2 finds a closer verbal parallel in 1Qisaa
than in MT Isaiah. B. examines the
relationship between the Hebrew and Greek texts and the various translations of
the Hebrew verbs in the LXX and the minor ancient versions of the Daniel and
Isaiah verses. He finds support for
M. Hengel's thesis about the popularity of a
Birkeland, H. "The Belief in the
Resurrection of the Dead in the Old Testament."
Studia theologica 3 (1949-50): 60-78.
Day, J. "Da‛at
'Humiliation.'" Vetus
Testamentum 30 (1980): 97-103.
Dyrness, William. Themes in Old
Testament Theology.
See pp 239-42 concerning the hope of resurrection in the Old Testament.
Emerton, J. A. "A Consideration of
Some Alleged Meanings of
udy
in Hebrew." Journal of Semitic
Studies 15 (1970): 145-80.
Hasel, G. F. "Resurrection in the
Theology of Old Testament Apocalyptic."
Zeitschrift für die
alttestamentliche Wissenschaft
92 (1980): 267-84.
Hunt, B.
"A Short Note on Daniel 12:11-12."
Scripture 9 (1957): 84-85.
Mathews, Susan
Fournier. “The Numbers in Daniel
12:11-12: Rounded Pythagorean Plane
Numbers?”
Catholic Biblical Quarterly 63:4 (Oct
2001): 630-46.
Redditt, Paul L.
"Calculating the 'Times':
Daniel 12:5-13." Perspectives in
Religious Studies 25 (1998): 373-79.
OT Abstracts:
"In this study, R. examines what the Book of Daniel has to say about the
future from the perspective of the second century community responsible for its
final form. R.'s conclusions are as
follows: (1) Dan 12:5-13
constitutes an epilogue to 10:1–12:4 and to the whole Book of Daniel as well;
and, within this epilogue, v. 13 originally belonged with and concluded the
vision in 10:1–12:4. (2) Verses
11-12 are not additions to 12:5-10, but the culminating point to which they
build. (3) Those verses calculate
more precisely the date for the impending 'end,' and do so in two stages:
one stage is to occur 1290 days after the 'abomination that makes
desolate,' the other 45 days later.
Verse 11 probably looks ahead to the fall of the world empires, while v. 12
anticipates the inauguration of God's kingdom, with the righteous dead being
resurrected to life in the faithful community."
Sawyer, J. F. A.
"Hebrew Words for the Resurrection of the Dead."
Vetus Testamentum 23 (1973):
218-34.
Thomas, D. W.
"Note on
tudh in
Daniel xii.4."
Journal of Theological Studies 6
(1955): 226.
Walvoord, John F.
"Contemporary Problems: The
Resurrection of