The Book of Daniel

Ph.D. Seminar: OT 9131

First Semester 2014-2015/1:00-3:00 pm/ RM A211

Seminar Leader: Dr. Stephen R. Miller/Professor Old Testament and Hebrew

Office: RM A221 // Office Phone: 901-751-3018// Email smiller@mabts.edu

Seminar Description and Rationale: This seminar is a study of the book of Daniel.
Contemporary Old Testament scholarly literature, key critical issues, historical background,
structure, theological themes, and other significant matters related to this prophecy will be
examined. Special attention will be given to major interpretative problems and key passages.
Students will translate selected texts from Daniel in the Hebrew Bible. A study of the book of
Daniel will increase the student's understanding of the Hebrew language, Old Testament
criticism, eschatological approaches, Messianic interpretation, and the history of the Old
Testament period.

Seminar Objectives:
1. Students will improve their Hebrew translation skills.
2. Students will become more familiar with the vast amount of literature (journal articles,
commentaries, monographs, etc.) pertaining to the Book of Daniel.
3. Students will better understand the historical issues surrounding the book.
4. Students will better understand the critical issues involved in Daniel studies.
5. Students will gain a better grasp of the theological lessons taught in the book.

SeminarTextbooks:
Stephen R. Miller, Daniel, The New American Commentary (Nashville: Broadman & Holman,
1994).
English Bible (version of student's choice)
Hebrew Bible (BHS)
Students should read the relevant material in the textbook for each week's seminar meeting.

Course Requirements:
1. Textbook: The student will read the material in the textbooks.
2. Seminar Examination: A written examination over the contents of the material covered in the
seminar will be given at the conclusion of the seminar.
3. Seminar Research Paper: Each student will select a topic approved by the professor for a
seminar paper of at least 25 but no more than 30 pages in length. The paper should follow
Turabian's form and style manual. This paper will also be presented orally to the seminar group
with time given for interaction on the topic. This research paper will be graded on content and
form and style according to the PhD Seminar Paper Rubric.
4. Seminar Commentary/Journal Reviews: Each seminar member will read two commentaries
and two journal articles on the book of Daniel for review. These must be approved by the
professor and should be significant scholarly works. One commentary and one journal article

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will be reviewed orally in class (approximately 15-25 minutes each—depending on class size).
The reviews of these commentaries/journal articles should be two pages in length and include an
overview of the commentary/article, biographical information and theological standpoint of the
writer, strengths and weaknesses of the work, and examples of key interpretations of key
passages. (See Book Review Worksheet in this Syllabus)
5. Annotated Bibliography: The student will prepare an annotated bibliography consisting of at
least 20 commentaries and other books relating to Daniel's prophecy and at least 10 scholarly
journal articles on Daniel. Journal articles should be relatively recent—1980-present.
Annotations should consist of a minimum of two sentences. Students should use the journal
abbreviations found in JETS. Students will share the bibliographical material with other
members of the seminar.
6. Weekly Research Reports: Each week students will research a topic or article and report to the
class. These reports will be presented orally and will average approximately 10-20 minutes
(depending on the seminar size and other factors). PowerPoint and other communication tools
are encouraged. A two page written summary of the report must be prepared for the professor
and each student. This is in addition to any other materials made available. The form and style of
this written report will be in accordance with Turabian 8th edition.
7. Seminar Translation: Students will translate the following Hebrew passages from the book of
Daniel: Daniel 1:1-21; 9:1-27; 12:1-13.
8. Notebook: A seminar notebook (hard copy or electronic) will be compiled by each student. It
will include the professor's lecture notes, the student's weekly reports and those shared by other
members of the seminar, notes taken during each seminar, book/journal reviews, the annotated
bibliography, and any other seminar materials.

Grading Procedure: The student’s grade will be determined as follows:

Reading of the Textbook: 10%
Seminar Examination Grade: 10% (However, students cannot pass the course if they fail the
seminar examination. The student will be given one opportunity to retake a failed exam.)
Research Paper: 50%
Book/Journal Reviews: 10%
Annotated Bibliography: 10%
Seminar Translation: 10%
However, if any of the above assignments or the weekly assignments are not completed, 50%
will be deducted from the student’s final grade. In other words, all assignments must be
completed in order to pass the course.

BOOK REVIEW WORKSHEET

I. Identification. List the title, author, and facts of publication.

II. Theological Biography. Please give a brief bio of the author. Focus on the books written by
the author, the achievements of the author and the theological persuasion of the author.
III. Thesis. In one paragraph, please give a brief statement of the main idea and conclusion.
IV. Summary. Give a one-page summary of the contents of the book. Keep in mind the author’s
purpose in writing.
V. Evaluation. One page, include the following:
A. How successful was the author in achieving his purpose?
B. What are the strengths and weaknesses of the book?

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 1. Literary Form
2. Persuasiveness
3. Comprehensibility
4. Treatment of Scripture
5. Biases
C. What is your opinion of the book?
D. Write additional comments you wish to make in evaluating the book that add to your
report.

Grading Scale: Grade point averages are determined on a 12-point grading system. The grade
point value of each letter grade is:

A 97-100 4.0 quality points per semester hour

A- 95-96 3.8 quality points per semester hour
B+ 93-94 3.5 quality points per semester hour
B 90-92 3.0 quality points per semester hour
B- 87-89 2.7 quality points per semester hour
C+ 84-86 2.3 quality points per semester hour
C 81-83 2.0 quality points per semester hour
C- 77-80 1.7 quality points per semester hour
D+ 75-76 1.3 quality points per semester hour
D 72-74 1.0 quality points per semester hour
D- 70-71 0.7 quality points per semester hour
F 69 and below 0.0 quality points per semester hour

Class Attendance: Unexcused absences are not allowed for Ph.D. seminars. Please pay special
attention to the definition of excused absences in the catalog under "General Academic
Regulations." A written explanation for any absence must be submitted by the next meeting to
the professor. This standard is also for those auditing the course who wish to receive credit for
the audit.

Late Work: Unless students have a catalog excuse (illness, medical emergency, family
emergency, etc.), their grades will be penalized severely for late work (papers, tests, etc.).
Arrangements must be made as soon as possible to make up late work.

Class Conduct:
1. All talking should stop when the bell rings. Students should be attentive to the prayer requests
of other class members.
2. No one is to leave the classroom until the class ends unless it is an emergency.
3. Computers, cell phones, and other electronic devices may only be used for taking notes or
other class related activities. Surfing the internet, texting, etc. are not permitted. Students who
abuse this policy will not be allowed to bring such devices to class.
4. Class is not dismissed until the professor dismisses the class (even after the bell rings).
5. Students should exhibit a Christ-like attitude and demeanor at all times.
After a warning, points will be deducted from the student’s grade for violation of any of the
above rules.

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Meetings with the Professor: The policy of MABTS is an open door policy for the professors
during the school week. Students are encouraged to schedule a time for lengthy matters with my
secretary. You may schedule time to confer with me on Tuesdays through Fridays.

Practical Missions: Please pay special attention to the Practical Missions requirements as listed
in the catalog. Completion both of your Practical Missions assignments and your personal
witnessing activity are mandatory for course credit.

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 Seminar Schedule (Fall 2014):
Seminar Lecture/Meeting Focus Student Presentations
Meeting and Assignments And Submissions
Week 1 Seminar Introduction and Assignments; Students should read the
August 21 Introductory issues relating to the book of relevant material in the
Daniel. textbook for each week's
seminar meeting.
Week 2 Daniel introduction and Reports by seminar
August 28 reports/translation by seminar members. members
Week 3 Issues relating to Daniel 1 and Daniel commentary
September 4 commentary reviews by seminar reviews by seminar
members. members
Week 4 Issues relating to Daniel 2 and Daniel journal article
September 11 reports/translation by seminar members. reviews by seminar
members
Week 5 Issues relating to Daniel 3 and Reports by seminar
September 18 reports/translation by seminar members. members
Week 6 Issues relating to Daniel 4 and Reports by seminar
September 25 reports/translation by seminar members. members
Week 7 Introductory issues relating to Daniel 5 Reports by seminar
October 2 and reports/translation by seminar members
members.
Week 8 Issues relating to Daniel 6 and Reports by seminar
October 16 reports/translation by seminar members. members
Week 9 Issues relating to Daniel 7 and Reports by seminar
October 23 reports/translation by seminar members members
Week 10 Issues relating to Daniel 8 and Reports by seminar
October 30 reports/translation by seminar members members
Week 11 Issues relating to Daniel 9 and Reports by seminar
October 27 reports/translation by seminar members members
Week 12 Issues relating to Daniel 10-11 and Reports by seminar
November 6 reports/translation by seminar members members
Week 13 Issues relating to Daniel 11-12 and Reports by seminar
November 13 reports/translation by seminar members members
Week 14 Student paper presentations Seminar Papers
November 20
Week 15 Student paper presentations Seminar Papers
December 4
Week 16 Seminar Examination Student assignments
December 11 due
The professor reserves the right to make any necessary changes during the semester to the information provided in this syllabus.

Seminar Research Paper Topics:

A topic for seminar papers may be selected from the following list, or the student may choose
another subject approved by the professor. Many of the class research projects will also be
assigned from this list.

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Introduction
Authorship and Date of the Book of Daniel
Historical Accuracy of the Book of Daniel
Greek Terms in the Book of Daniel and Their Significance
Persian Terms in the Book of Daniel and Their Significance
An Examination of the Aramaic in the Book of Daniel
Explanations Concerning the Two Languages in the Book of Daniel
The Persian Period and the Book of Daniel
The Babylonian Period and the Book of Daniel
The Greek Period and the Book of Daniel
The Maccabean Period and the Book of Daniel
Apocalyptic Literature and the Book of Daniel
The References to Daniel in the Book of Ezekiel
The Life of Nebuchadnezzar
The Life of Cyrus the Great
The City of Babylon
The Gods of Ancient Babylon
Life in Ancient Babylon (diet, customs, housing, etc.)
Archaeological Discoveries in Babylon
A History of Commentaries on the Book of Daniel
Key Differences between the Amillennial and Premillennial
Interpretations of Daniel (or a particular passage)
Prophecies of the Last Days in Daniel
The Antichrist in Daniel
Prophecies of Christ's First Coming in Daniel
Evidence of the Jewish Captivity in Babylonia
The Symbolism of Daniel in the Book of Revelation
The Symbolism of Daniel in the New Testament outside of the Book of Revelation
The Nature of the Kingdom Described in Daniel
Angelology and the Book of Daniel
The Messiah in Daniel
An Examination of the "Abomination of Desolation" in Daniel
The Text of Daniel
The Greek Versions of Daniel (or a particular Greek version may be examined)
The Hebrew of Daniel
The Apocryphal Additions to the Book of Daniel
Daniel Texts from Qumran
Midrash and Daniel
Theology of Daniel
Spread of Greek Culture around the Mediterranean World in Ancient Times
Daniel in the Ugaritic Literature
Porphyry
The Literary Character of Daniel
The Structure of Daniel
An Exegesis of a Specific Text

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Daniel 1
Wise Men in Ancient Babylon

Daniel 2
The Significance of Dreams in Ancient Times
The Four Empires of Daniel 2 and 7

Daniel 3
Musical instruments in Nebuchadnezzar's orchestra

Daniel 4
The classes of officials named in Daniel 4
The Nature of Nebuchadnezzar's Illness (Daniel 4)

Daniel 5
Belshazzar and Nabonidus
Historical Examination of the Fall of Babylon to Cyrus

Daniel 6
The Identification of Darius the Mede
The Law of the Medes and the Persians

Daniel 7
The Identification of the Little Horn in Daniel 7
The Significance of the Term, "Son of Man," in Daniel 7
A Comparison of the Little Horn in Chapter Seven and the Little Horn in Chapter Eight

Daniel 8
Antiochus IV Epiphanes

Daniel 9
The Prophecy of the Seventy Weeks in Daniel 9

Daniel 10
The identification of the man dressed in linen (10:5)
Angelic warfare

Daniel 11
The Identification of the Willful King in Daniel 11:36
The Battle Described in Daniel 11

Daniel 12
The Time of the Distress Predicted in Daniel 12:1
The Resurrection and Daniel
The Meaning of Daniel 12:4

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Select Bibliography of the Book of Daniel

Books and Commentaries

Anderson, R. A. Signs and Wonders. ITC. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1984.

Archer, G. L., Jr. "Daniel." Vol. 7. EBC. Edited by F. E. Gaebelein. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1985.
________, trans. Jerome's Commentary on Daniel. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1958.
Baldwin, J. G. Daniel. TOTC. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1978.
Beaulieu, P. The Reign of Nabonidus, King of Babylon 556-539 B.C. New Haven: Yale
University Press, 1989.
Boutflower, C. In and Around the Book of Daniel. 1923; reprint. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 1977.
Charles, R. H. The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament. Vol. 2. 1913;
reprint. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1973.
________. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Daniel. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1929.
Collins, J. J. Daniel. Her. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1993.
________. The Apocalyptic Imagination: An Introduction to Jewish Apocalyptic
Literature. 2d ed. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.
Davies, P. R. Daniel. Old Testament Guides. Edited by R. N. Whybray. Sheffield: JSOT
Press, 1985.
Dorsey, D. A. The Literary Structure of the Old Testament: A Commentary on
Genesis-Malachi. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1999.
Dougherty, R. P. Nabonidus and Belshazzar. Yale Oriental Series. New Haven: Yale
University Press, 1929.
Driver, S. R. The Book of Daniel. CBSC. Cambridge: University Press, 1922.
Duguid, Iain M. Daniel. Reformed Expository Commentary. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R, 2008.
Edlin, Jim. Daniel: A Commentary in the Wesleyan Tradition. New Beacon Bible Commentary. Kansas
City: Beacon Hill, 2009.
Eggler, J. Influences and Traditions Underlying the Vision of Daniel 7:2-14: The Research History from
the End of the 19th Century to the Present. OBO 177. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht,
2000.
Goldingay, J. E. Daniel. WBC. Dallas: Word, 1989.
Goldwurm, Hersh. Daniel: A New Translation with a Commentary Anthologized from Talmudic,
Midrashic and Rabbinic Sources. 2d. ed. Brooklyn, NY: Mesorah, 1980.
Hanson, P. D. Old Testament Apocalyptic. Nashville: Abingdon, 1987.
Harman, Allan M. A Study Commentary on Daniel. Faverdale North, Darlington, England: Evangelical
Press, 2007.
Hartman, L. F. and A. A. Di Lella. The Book of Daniel. AB. Garden City, N.Y.:
Doubleday, 1978.
Heaton, E. W. The Book of Daniel. Torch Bible Commentaries. London: SCM, 1956.
Henze, M. The Madness of King Nebuchadnezzar: The Ancient Near Eastern Origins and
Early History of Interpretation of Daniel 4. JSJSup 61. Leiden: Brill, 1999.
Hill, Andrew E. "Daniel." Vol. 8. EBC. Revised Edition. Edited by T. Longman III and D. E.
Garland. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2008.
Jeffery, A. The Book of Daniel. IB. Nashville: Abingdon, 1956.
Kalafian, Michael. The Prophecy of the Seventy Weeks of the Book of Daniel: A Critical Review
of the Prophecy as Viewed by Three Major Theological Interpretations and the Impact of
the Book of Daniel on Christology. Lanham, MA: University Press of America, 1991.
Keil, C. F. “Biblical Commentary on the Book of Daniel.” Translated by M. G. Easton. In
Commentary on the Old Testament. By C. F. Keil and F. Delitzsch. Reprint
edition. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1973.
Lacocque, A. The Book of Daniel. Translated by David Pellauer. Atlanta: John Knox, 1979.

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Lederach, Paul M. Daniel. Believers Church Bible Commentary. Scottdale, PA: Herald, 1994.
Leupold, H. C. Exposition of Daniel. 1949; reprint. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1969.
Longman, T. III. Daniel. NIV Application Commentary. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1999.
Lucas, Ernest. Daniel. Apollos Old Testament Commentary. Vol. 20. Downers Grove, ILL: InterVarsity,
2002.
Mauro, Philip. The Seventy Weeks and the Great Tribulation. Rev. Ed. Swengel, PA: Bible Truth Depot,
1944.
McLay, T. The OG and TH Versions of Daniel. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1996.
Meadowcroft, T. J. Aramaic Daniel and Greek Daniel: A Literary Comparison.
JSOTSup 198. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1995.
Miller, S. R. Daniel, NAC. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1994.
Montgomery, J. A. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Daniel. ICC.
Reprint edition. Edinburgh: T. and T. Clark, 1979.
Nelson, William B. Daniel. Understanding the Bible Commentary Series. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2012.
Péter-Contesse, R. and J. Ellington. A Handbook on the Book of Daniel. UBS Handbook
Series. New York: United Bible Societies, 1993.
Porteous, N. W. Daniel. OTL. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1965.
Pusey, E. B. Daniel the Prophet. 1885; reprint. Minneapolis: Klock and Klock, 1978.
Redditt, P. L. Daniel. NCBC. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1999.
Rowley, H. H. Darius the Mede and the Four World Empires in the Book of Daniel.
1935; reprint. Cardiff: University of Wales, 1964.
Slotki, J. J. Daniel-Ezra-Nehemiah. Soncino. Edited by A. Cohen. London: Soncino, 1978.
Smith-Christopher, D. L. Daniel. Vol. 7. NIB. Nashville: Abingdon, 1996.
________. The Additions to Daniel. Vol. 7. NIB. Nashville: Abingdon, 1996.
Stefanovic, Z. The Aramaic of Daniel in the Light of Old Aramaic. JSOT. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1992.
Steinmann, Andrew E. Daniel. Concordia Commentary. St. Louis: Concordia, 2008.
Stortz, Rodney. Daniel: The Triumph of God's Kingdom. Preaching the Word, Gen. Ed. R. Kent Hughes.
Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2004.
Thiele, E. R. The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings. 3d ed. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1983.
Towner, W. S. Daniel. INT. Atlanta: John Knox, 1984.
Walton, J. H., Victor H. Matthews, and Mark W. Chavalas. The IVP Bible Background
Commentary: Old Testament. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2000.
Walvoord, J. F. Daniel: The Key to Prophetic Revelation. Chicago: Moody, 1971.
Whitcomb, J. C., Jr. Daniel. Chicago: Moody, 1985.
________. Darius the Mede: The Historical Chronology of Daniel. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1963.
Wilson, R. Dick. Studies in the Book of Daniel, 1917; reprint. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1979.
Wiseman, D. J., Chronicles of Chaldaean Kings. London: The Trustees of the British Museum, 1961.
___________. Nebuchadrezzar and Babylon. Oxford: University Press, 1985.
___________ed. Notes on Some Problems in the Book of Daniel. London: Tyndale, 1970.
Wood, L. A Commentary on Daniel. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1973.
Woude, A. S. van der, ed. The Book of Daniel in the Light of New Findings. BETL, 106. Leuven,
Belgium: Leuven University Press, 1993.
Wright, C. H. H. Studies in Daniel's Prophecy. 1906; reprint. Minneapolis: Klock and Klock, 1983.
Yamauchi, E. M. Greece and Babylon. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1967.
__________. Persia and the Bible. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1990.
Young, E. J. The Prophecy of Daniel. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1949.

Articles and Journals

Archer, G. L., Jr. "The Aramaic of the Genesis Apocryphon Compared with the
Aramaic of Daniel." In New Perspectives on the Old Testament. Edited by J. B.

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 Payne. Waco: Word, 1970, 160-69.
Arnold, B. T. "Wordplay and Narrative Techniques in Daniel 5 and 6." JBL 112 (1993): 479-85.
Baldwin, J. G. "Some Literary Affinities of the Book of Daniel." TynBul 30 (1979): 77-99.
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
(1981): 521-42.
Bulman, J. M. "Identification of Darius the Mede." WTJ 35 (1973): 247-67
Casey, P. M. "Porphyry and the Origin of the Book of Daniel." JTS 27 (1976): 15-33.
Colless, B. E. "Cyrus the Persian as Darius the Mede in the Book of Daniel." JSOT 56
(1992): 113-26.
Collins, J. J. "Son of Man and the Saints of the Most High in the Book of Daniel." JBL 93 (1974): 50-66.
Cook, E. M. "'In the Plain of the Wall' (Dan 3:1)." JBL 108 (1989):115-16.
Coxon, P. W. "The Distribution of Synonyms in Biblical Aramaic in the Light of Official
Aramaic and the Aramaic of Qumran." Revue de Qumran 9 (1978): 497-512.
________. "Syntax of the Aramaic of Daniel: A Dialectical Study." HUCA 48 (1977):
107-22
Croke, B. "Porphyry's Anti-Christian Chronology." JTS 34 (1983): 168-85.
Day, J. "The Daniel of Ugarit and Ezekiel and the Hero of the Book of Daniel." VT 30
(1980): 174-84.
Dressler, H. H. P. "The Identification of the Ugaritic Dnil With the Daniel of Ezekiel."
VT 29 (1979): 152-61.
Ferch, A. J. "The Apocalyptic 'Son of Man' in Daniel 7." AUSS 19 (1981): 157-58.
________. "The Book of Daniel and the 'Maccabean Thesis.'" AUSS 21 (1983): 129-41.
Ferguson, P. "Nebuchadnezzar, Gilgamesh, and the 'Babylonian Job.'" JETS 37 (1994): 321-31.
Flint, P. W. "The Daniel Tradition at Qumran." In Eschatology, Messianism, and the
Dead Sea Scrolls. Edited by Craig A. Evans and Peter W. Flint. Grand Rapids:
Eerdmans, 1997, 41-60.
Fox, D. E. "Ben Sira on OT Canon Again: the Date of Daniel." WTJ 49 (1987): 335-50.
Gentry, Peter J. "Daniel's Seventy Weeks and the New Exodus." SBJT 14.1 (2010): 26-44.
Gooding, D. W. "The Literary Structure of the Book of Daniel and Its Implications."
TynBul 32 (1981): 43-79.
Grabbe, L. L. "Another Look at the Gestalt of 'Darius the Mede.'" CBQ 50 (1988): 198-213.
Gurney, R. J. M. "The Seventy Weeks of Daniel 9:24-27." EvQ 53 (1981): 29-36.
Harton, G. M. "An Interpretation of Daniel 11:36-45." GTJ 4 (1983): 205-31.
Hasel, G. F. "The Book of Daniel and Matters of Language: Evidences Relating to
Names, Words, and the Aramaic Language." AUSS 19 (1981): 211-25.
________. "The Book of Daniel: Evidences Relating to Persons and Chronology." AUSS
19 (1981): 37-49.
________. "The Four World Empires of Daniel 2 Against Its Near Eastern Environment."
JSOT 12 (1979): 17-30.
Hess, Richard S. "The Seventy Sevens of Daniel 9: A Timetable for the Future?" Bulletin for Biblical
Research. 21.3 (2011): 315-330.
Hoehner, H. W. "Chronological Aspects of the Life of Christ, Pt. 6: Daniel's Seventy
Weeks and New Testament Chronology." BSac 132 (1975): 47-65.
____. Chronological Aspects of the Life of Christ. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1977.
Horbury, W. "The Messianic Associations of 'The Son of Man.'" JTS 36 (1985): 34-55.
Keel, O. "Die kultischen Massnahmen Antiochus' IV. Religionsverfolgung und/oder
Reformversuch?" In Hellenismus und Judentum: Vier Studien zu Daniel 7 und zur
Religionsnot unter Antiochus IV, by O. Keel and U. Staub. OBO 178. Göttingen:
Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, 2000, 87-121.
Knowles, Louis E. "The Interpretation of the Seventy Weeks of Daniel in the Early Fathers," Westminster

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 Theological Journal 7 (May 1945): 136-60.
LaRondelle, H. K. "The Middle Ages within the Scope of Apocalyptic Prophecy." JETS
32 (September 1989): 345-54.
Lebram, J. C. H. "König Antiochus im Buch Daniel." VT 25 (1975): 737-72.
McComiskey, T. E. "The Seventy 'Weeks' of Daniel Against the Background of Ancient
Near Eastern Literature." WTJ 47 (1985): 18-45.
Millard, A. R. "Daniel and Belshazzar in History." BARev 11 (May-June 1985): 73-78.
________ "Daniel 1-6 and History." EvQ 49 (1977): 67-73.
Newman, R. C. "Daniel's Seventy Weeks and the Old Testament Sabbath-Year Cycle."
JETS 16 (1973): 229-34.
Patterson, R. D. "Holding on to Daniel's Court Tales." JETS 36 (December 1993): 445-54.
Payne, J. B. "Goal of Daniel's Seventy Weeks." JETS 21 (June 1978): 97-115.
Pfandl, G. "Interpretations of the Kingdom of God in Daniel 2:44." AUSS 34 (1996): 249-68.
Poythress, V. S. "Hermeneutical Factors in Determining the Beginning of the Seventy
Weeks (Daniel 9:25)." TrinJ 6 (1985): 131-49.
________. "The Holy Ones of the Most High in Daniel VII." VT 26 (1976): 208-13.
Redditt, P. L. "Daniel 9: Its Structure and Meaning." CBQ 62:2 (2000): 236-49.
Schwantes, S. J. "Ereb Boqer of Dan 8:14 Re-Examined." AUSS 16 (1978): 375-85.
Shea, W. H. "Daniel 3: Extra-Biblical Texts and the Convocation on the Plain of Dura."
AUSS 20 (1982): 29-52.
________ "Darius the Mede: An Update." AUSS 20 (1982): 229-47.
________. "Nabonidus, Belshazzar, and the Book of Daniel: An Update." AUSS 20
(1982): 133-49.
Tanner, J. P. "Daniel's 'King of the North': Do We Owe Russia an Apology?" JETS 35
(September 1992): 315-28.
____. "Is Daniel's Seventy-Weeks Prophecy Messianic? Part 1." Bibliotheca Sacra 166
(April–June 2009): 181-200.
____. "Is Daniel's Seventy-Weeks Prophecy Messianic? Part 2." Bibliotheca Sacra 166
(July–September 2009): 319-35.
Trever, J. C. "The Book of Daniel and the Origin of the Qumran Community." BA 48
(June 1985): 89-102.
Ulrich, E. "Daniel Manuscripts from Qumran. Part 1: A Preliminary Edition of
4QDana." BASOR 268 (1987): 17-37.
Vasholz, R. I. "Qumran and the Dating of Daniel." JETS 21 (December 1978): 315-21.
Waltke, B. R. "Date of the Book of Daniel." BSac 133 (1976): 319-29.
Walton, J. H. "The Decree of Darius the Mede in Daniel 6." JETS 31 (September
1988): 279-86.
________. "The Four Kingdoms of Daniel." JETS 29 (March 1986): 25-36.
Whitcomb, J. C. "Daniel's Great Seventy-Weeks Prophecy: An Exegetical Insight."
GTJ 2 (1981): 259-63.
Yamauchi, E. M. "The Archaeological Background of Daniel: Archaeological
Backgrounds of the Exilic and Postexilic Era. Part 1." BSac 137 (1980): 3-16.
________. "Daniel and Contacts Between the Aegean and the Near East Before
Alexander." EvQ 53 (1981): 37-47.

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