Comparison Between Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek

Comparison Between Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek Click play to connect to youtube What textual evidence indicates that the Book of Daniel was the work the sixth century BC prophet in Babylon and not a pseudonymous scribe living shortly after…

Evidence from the Dead Sea Scrolls

Evidence from the Dead Sea Scrolls Click play to connect to youtube The 19th century liberal Higher Critics who doubted the sixth century BC date of the authorship of Daniel wrote prior to the discovery of the Dead Sea…

Objections to an Early Date Answered

Objections to an Early Date Answered Click play to connect to youtube Among liberal scholars, few believe that Daniel is the work of the sixth century BC prophet Daniel, but a later work composed by at least two scribes…

Structure, Composition and Authorship

Structure, Composition and Authorship Click play to connect to youtube Although I do not extensively comment on the historical passages of Daniel in chapters 1, 3-6, it is important to outline them at the outset. An understanding of the…

Failed Futurist Speculations

Failed Futurist Speculations Click play to connect to youtube The most frequent challenge to the preterist view of Daniel comes from the futurist or dispensational premillennnialist viewpoint. I have made a more thorough rebuttal to dispen…

Daniel Interpreted

Daniel Interpreted Click play to connect to youtube The Book of Daniel is partly historical, relating the experiences of Daniel and the Jews in captivity in Babylon (Daniel 1, 3-6). But it is mainly prophetic, detailing visions and prophec…

On the term: Preterism

On the term: Preterism Click play to connect to youtube I explain more fully the meaning of the term, preterism, in “Part II: Notes on Daniel.” By way of disclaimer, I am not what is termed a “Hymenaean,” “hyper-preterist”…

Introduction – In the Days of These Kings

Introduction – In the Days of These Kings Click play to connect to youtube This book began when I started taking notes on Daniel in 1997. I picked it up intermittently over a period of seven years. After posting…

Preface - In the Days of These Kings

Preface - In the Days of These Kings Click play to connect to youtube Creative Jewish rabbis came up with an interesting storytelling genre, the Midrashim (or Midrash in the singular). These tales interpret, embroider upon, and elaborate o…

Epiphanius of Salamis on the Hymenaean Heresy

Epiphanius of Salamis (c. AD 320 to 403) was a bishop of Salamis, Cyprus. He gained a reputation as a strong defender of orthodoxy. He is best known for composing the Panarion, a very large compendium of the heresies…