Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries
Volume 23
General Editor: Donald J. Wiseman
Daniel
An Introduction and Commentary
Joyce G. Baldwin
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© Joyce G. Baldwin 1978
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First published 1978
Reprinted in this format 2009
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
UK ISBN: 978-1-84474-357-5
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Baldwin, Joyce G.
Daniel: an introduction and commentary / Joyce G. Baldwin.
p. cm.—(Tyndale Old Testament commentaries; v. 23)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-8308-4223-0 (pbk.: alk. paper)
1. Bible. O.T. Daniel—Commentaries. I. Title.
BS1555.3.B34
224/.507—dc22
78018547
US ISBN: 978-0-8308-4223-0
TO MY PARENTS
whose ready co-operation enabled me
to find time to write this book
A preliminary look at the book
Some dates of importance for the book of Daniel
Fragments of Daniel manuscripts from Qumran
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About Daniel: An Introduction and CommentaryDaniel is a difficult book. But it is a book about the meaning of history, and people today need its message. The whole church needs reassurance, especially in view of Marxist claims to be able by human effort to introduce a utopian world government. “When the church lets part of its message go by default people look elsewhere for a substitute,” writes Joyce Baldwin. “All the more reason, then, why the church needs to be counting on the certainties proclaimed by Daniel, namely that God is constantly overruling and judging in the affairs of men, putting down the mighty from their seats, overthrowing unjust regimes and effectively bringing in His kingdom, which is to embrace all nations.” |
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