Use of Daniel in Jewish Apocalyptic Literature

G.K. Beale is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Grove City College in Grove City, Pennsylvania.

...this is an impressively argued thesis which may well stimulate further studies of scriptural influence. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament This book is a handy compendium of passages in relation to which aspects of the effective history of Daniel may be reconstructed. Review of Biblical Literature ...his argumentation is surely convincing. His impressive study must be recommended to all scholars who take an interest in early Jewish and early Christian hermeneutics. Journal for the Study of Judaism ...a competent and highly technical work, having various possible implications for the interpretation of the book of Revelation... -- David Wenham, Wycliffe Hall, Oxford Journal for the Study of Judaism ...clearly set out and cogently argued. It marks a real advance in its field of studies and should be commended to the attention of scholars. -- Barnabas Lindars, The University of Manchester Journal for the Study of Judaism ...interesting and insightful analysis... Southwestern Journal Of Theology ...this is an impressively argued thesis which may well stimulate further studies of scriptural influence. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament This book is a handy compendium of passages in relation to which aspects of the effective history of Daniel may be reconstructed. Review of Biblical Literature ...his argumentation is surely convincing. His impressive study must be recommended to all scholars who take an interest in early Jewish and early Christian hermeneutics. Journal for the Study of Judaism ...a competent and highly technical work, having various possible implications for the interpretation of the book of Revelation... -- David Wenham, Wycliffe Hall, Oxford Journal for the Study of Judaism ...clearly set out and cogently argued. It marks a real advance in its field of studies and should be commended to the attention of scholars. -- Barnabas Lindars, The University of Manchester Journal for the Study of Judaism ...must be of interest to all students of Jewish apocalyptic literature and of the New Testament Apocalypse. Beale's argument that the Book of Daniel was a formative influence on most later apocalyptic writing is well substantiated... -- R.T. France, London Bible College Journal for the Study of Judaism ...a valuable and scholarly contribution...Beale's careful method in examining possible allusions will be of wide usefuless... -- J. P. M. Sweet, Cambridge Journal for the Study of Judaism