Daniel (Everyday Bible Commentary series)

Great Commentary!
While I have not used this commentary series before, I really like it! The information provided enriched my study of the book of Daniel. I would definitely add this and other commentaries in this series to my bookshelf.

I voluntarily reviewed an Advanced Reader Copy of this book.

Daniel Is a heart pounding book. You say to me a heart pounding book? It is a book about Daniel, how can it be a heart pounding book? Well let me tell you - it tells you all about how it is a book of prophecy - prophecy of CHRIST's coming - and in it seems a lot of the signs point to what we are facing now - it goes into detail what Daniel was facing as well - it was so eye opening - how GOD used the HOLY SPIRIT even then and how we are to use HIM now to understand what the prophecies mean. Awsome.

This is a short commentary on the book of Daniel with an emphasis on proving the historical accuracy of Daniel's prophecies.  I personally didn't need to hear all the defenses of Daniel's prophecies, it felt like a large part of the book was written to counter "liberal" views of Daniel's prophecies.  

I did enjoy the brief historical overview of some of the Babylonian, Persian, Greek and Roman governments that the book of Daniel discusses.  This is the second book that I have read in this series, and it had a very different flavor than the other (Isaiah) that I read.  This one felt more "academic/apologetic" in the sense that there was a lot of discussion defending the date authored and the literal historical interpretation.

An easy to read, detailed enough commentary of Daniel for the average Bible study leader. It gives me a good overview of the book, covers the contentious issues, raises some of the critical objections to the book and then shows where those objections fail. Great to see this get re-released.

This was a very enlightening and enjoyable read. It helped give a better perspective on the book of Daniel.

The book of Daniel is one of those books in the Bible that can be difficult to decipher, what with it being a book of prophesy. Finding a good commentary to help you better understand can be a struggle. Some commentaries are just as hard to understand as the text itself but Daniel: Everyday Bible Commentary by John C. Whitcomb is a commentary that can be used by anyone!

Taking you verse by verse, the author takes the time to break down each verse to help the reader better discern the text. With a considerable amount of historical background also included, this is a wonderful resource that any Bible scholar would treasure. Highly recommend!

I have read other books on the book of Daniel before, so this wasn't a new topic to me, though I would not claim to be any sort of expert on it.

What threw me the most was the constant illuminating of why the book of Daniel was real and true and not really written by someone pretending to be Daniel during the time of the Macchabees. I guess I just take it for granted that the Bible is the Bible, it is what it says it is; no more, no less. I don't tend to rub elbows with people who insist that it isn't true and if I do, we don't really discuss it.

So that was unexpected, but not bad. It's always good to see how what has been discovered matches the Bible.

I don't agree with all of what the author was saying about the interpretations of some of the prophecies and while the prophecies are repetitious, the discussion of them doesn't have to be. It was in this. Not a bad thing if you want everything covered, but it was a bit much for me.

Not bad, but a bit over my head at times. Not the fault of the book, completely reader error on this one. It just makes me realize that I have a lot more to learn. I guess that's true of most of us regarding most things!

Recommended if you want to learn more about the book of Daniel and don't mind repetition. 3 solid stars.

My thanks to NetGalley and Moody Publishers for an eARC copy of this book to read and review.