[CONTENTS]
| PART I | |
| INTRODUCTION | |
| CHAPTER I | |
| page | |
| THE HISTORIC EXISTENCE OF THE PROPHET DANIEL | [3] |
| CHAPTER II | |
| GENERAL SURVEY OF THE BOOK | [13] |
| 1. THE LANGUAGE | [13] |
| 2. UNITY | [24] |
| 3. GENERAL TONE | [27] |
| 4. STYLE | [29] |
| 5. STANDPOINT OF ITS AUTHOR | [31] |
| 6. MORAL ELEMENT | [31] |
| CHAPTER III | |
| PECULIARITIES OF THE HISTORICAL SECTION | [39] |
| CHAPTER IV | |
| GENERAL STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK | [63] |
| CHAPTER V | |
| THE THEOLOGY OF THE BOOK | [67] |
| CHAPTER VI | |
| PECULIARITIES OF THE APOCALYPTIC AND PROPHETIC SECTION OF THE BOOK | [71] |
| CHAPTER VII | |
| INTERNAL EVIDENCE | [78] |
| CHAPTER VIII | |
| EVIDENCE IN FAVOUR OF THE GENUINENESS UNCERTAIN AND INADEQUATE | [88] |
| CHAPTER IX | |
| EXTERNAL EVIDENCE AND RECEPTION INTO THE CANON | [98] |
| CHAPTER X | |
| SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION | [113] |
| PART II | |
| COMMENTARY ON THE HISTORIC SECTION | |
| CHAPTER I | |
| THE PRELUDE | [123] |
| CHAPTER II | |
| THE DREAM-IMAGE OF RUINED EMPIRES | [141] |
| CHAPTER III | |
| THE IDOL OF GOLD, AND THE FAITHFUL THREE | [167] |
| CHAPTER IV | |
| THE BABYLONIAN CEDAR, AND THE STRICKEN DESPOT | [184] |
| CHAPTER V | |
| THE FIERY INSCRIPTION | [203] |
| CHAPTER VI | |
| STOPPING THE MOUTHS OF LIONS | [218] |
| PART III | |
| THE PROPHETIC SECTION OF THE BOOK | |
| CHAPTER I | |
| VISION OF THE FOUR WILD BEASTS | [233] |
| CHAPTER II | |
| THE RAM AND THE HE-GOAT | [252] |
| CHAPTER III | |
| THE SEVENTY WEEKS | [268] |
| CHAPTER IV | |
| INTRODUCTION TO THE CONCLUDING VISION | [292] |
| CHAPTER V | |
| AN ENIGMATIC PROPHECY PASSING INTO DETAILS OF THE REIGN OF ANTIOCHUS EPIPHANES | [299] |
| CHAPTER VI | |
| THE EPILOGUE | [319] |
| APPENDIX | |
| APPROXIMATE CHRONOLOGICAL TABLES | [333] |
| GENEALOGICAL TABLE OF THE LAGIDÆ, PTOLEMIES, AND SELEUCIDÆ | [334] |
[AUTHORITIES CONSULTED]
COMMENTARIES AND TREATISES
The chief Rabbinic Commentaries were those of Rashi († 1105); Abn Ezra († 1167); Kimchi († 1240); Abrabanel († 1507).[1]
The chief Patristic Commentary is that by St. Jerome. Fragments are preserved of other Commentaries by Origen, Hippolytus, Ephræm Syrus, Julius Africanus, Theodoret, Athanasius, Basil, Eusebius, Polychronius, etc. (Mai, Script. Vet. Nov. Coll., i.).