CONCORDIA

COMMENTARY

A Theological Exposition of Sacred Scripture

Daniel

Andrew E. Steinmann

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Scripture quotations marked RSV are from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952, © 1971 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Revised Standard Version of the Bible, Apocrypha, copyright 1957; The Third and Fourth Books of the Maccabees and Psalm 151, copyright 1977 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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Steinmann, Andrew E.

Daniel / Andrew E. Steinmann.

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