Daniel (Apollos Old Testament Commentary) - Hardcover

Lucas, Ernest C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0830825193 ISBN 13: 9780830825196

Verlag: INTER VARSITY PR, 2002

Inhaltsangabe

In many ways, the Old Testament book of Daniel is an enigma. It consists of two different kinds of material: stories about Judean exiles working in the court of pagan kings (chapters 1-6) and accounts of visions experienced by one of these exiles (chapters 7-12). It is written in two languages, Hebrew and Aramaic, and the language division does not match the subject division. Whether the book's affinities lie more with the Hebrew prophets or with later Jewish apocalypses is debated, as are its affinities with the wisdom traditions of both Israel and Babylon.
Ernest Lucas postpones much of the discussion of such issues to an Epilogue, and invites the reader to an investigation of the meaning of the text in the form in which we now have it. He identifies the central theme of the book as the sovereignty of the God of Israel. With even-handedness and clarity, he demonstrates that, for preachers and teachers, there is much in Daniel that is fairly readily understandable and applicable, and that there are also theological depths that are rewarding for those willing to plumb them and wrestle with the issues they raise.

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Ernest C. Lucas is Vice-Principal and Tutor in Biblical Studies at Bristol Baptist College, England.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: INTER VARSITY PR
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0830825193
• ISBN 13: 9780830825196
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 359
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