This is a mixture of history and prophecy. The first six chapters are chiefly historical, and the remainder prophetical. It was completed about B. C. 534. The wonders related are of a peculiar and striking character, and were designed to show the people of God that, amid their degeneracy, the Lord's hand was not shortened that it could not save; and also to exhibit to their enemies that there was an essential difference between Jehovah and idols, between the people of God and the world. The prophecies contained in the latter part of the book extend from the days of Daniel to the general resurrection. The Assyrian, the Persian, the Grecian, and the Roman empires are described under appropriate imagery. The precise time of Christ's coming is told; the rise and the fall of antichrist, and the duration of his power, are accurately determined; the victory of Christ over his enemies, and the universal prevalence of his religion are clearly pointed out. The book is filled with the most exalted sentiments of piety and devout gratitude. Its style is simple, clear, and concise, and many of the prophecies are delivered in language so plain and circumstantial, that some infidels have asserted that they were written after the events they described had taken place. Sir Isaac Newton regards Daniel as the most distinct and plain of all the prophets, and most easy to be understood; and therefore considers that in things relating to the last times, he is to be regarded as the key to the other prophets.

With respect to the genuineness and authenticity of the book, there is the strongest evidence, both internal and external. We have the testimony of Christ himself, Matthew 24:15; of St. John and St. Paul, who have copied his prophecies; of the Jewish church and nation, who have constantly received this book as canonical; of Josephus, who recommends him as the greatest of the prophets; and of the Jewish Targets and Talmuds, which frequently cite his authority. As to the internal evidence, the style, the language, the manner of writing, perfectly agree with the age; and especially, he is proved to have been a prophet by the exact fulfilment of his predictions. This book, like that of Ezra, is written partly in Hebrew, and partly in Chaldee, the prevailing language of the Babylonians.

Title and Position.
... A the subscription mentioned above, marking it as the "end of Daniel the prophet,"
distinctly attaches it to the Book of Daniel, and precludes further additions ...
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Authorship.
... defend the canonicity of the book. Origen in his Epistle to Africanus maintains
the solidarity of the piece with the book of Daniel. ...
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The Recovery and Revival of the Blessed Hope Itself.
... As is well known, the book of Daniel is largely composed of prophecies, prophecies
which refer frequently to the closing days of the Times of the Gentiles. ...
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The History of the Prophetic Sermons, Epistles, and Apocalypses
... [Sidenote: The historical background of the book of Daniel]. To the mind
of one who has carefully studied the book of Daniel in the ...
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Elucidations.
... oracles paint, should have a superhuman king, seems only a natural and necessary
inference....If, as certain modern critics contend, the book of Daniel is not ...
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Daniel.
... I say this to show you how hard it is to master the book of Daniel, which in Hebrew
contains neither the history of Susanna, nor the hymn of the three youths ...
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It is a Ground for Thanksgiving that During the Last Three or Four ...
... outlines the governmental history of the earth as it relates to Palestine, further
details being supplied in the other visions found in the book of Daniel. ...
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Daniel
... to a cursory inspection of the contents of Daniel (1), that certain statements about
the exilic period, during which, according to the book, Daniel 54ed, are ...
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Place of Jesus in the History of the World.
... The first apocalypse, "The Book of Daniel," appeared. ... The Book of Daniel gave,
in a manner, the last expression to the Messianic hopes. ...
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The Son of Man
... The name has been often supposed to be taken from the remarkable prophecy in the
Book of Daniel, of one 'like a son of man,' who receives from the Ancient of ...
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