Daniel in the critics' den: Historical evidence for the authenticity of the Book of Daniel [Hardcover]

Josh McDowell (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 162 pages
• Publisher: Campus Crusade for Christ International (1979)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0918956447
• ISBN-13: 978-0918956446
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #789,145 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Josh McDowell has been reaching the spiritually skeptical for almost five decades. Since beginning ministry in 1961, Josh has delivered more than 24,000 talks to over 10 million young people in 118 countries. He is the author or co-author of 120 books, with over 51 million copies distributed worldwide; including More Than a Carpenter (over 15 million copies printed in 85 languages), and The New Evidence That Demands a Verdict, recognized by World magazine as one of the twentieth century's top 40 books. Josh continues to travel throughout the United States and countries around the world, helping young people and adults strengthen their faith and understanding of Scripture. Josh will tell you that his family is his ministry. He and his wife, Dottie, have been married for 39 years and have four children and four grandchildren.

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5.0 out of 5 stars THIRTY YEARS OLD, BUT STILL AN EXCELLENT SUMMARY RESOURCE, February 11, 2010

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This review is from: Daniel in the critics' den: Historical evidence for the authenticity of the Book of Daniel (Hardcover)

This was Josh McDowell's fourth book (after Evidence That Demands a Verdict, More evidence that demands a verdict: Historical evidences for the Christian Scriptures, and More Than a Carpenter). The "More Evidence" book dealt with Biblical Criticism in general, but he and his research staff concluded the book of Daniel merited a fuller treatment.

(Incidentally, the title of the book was actually from Sir Robert Anderson's Daniel in the Critics' Den: A Defense of the Historicity of the Book of Daniel; Anderson was also the author of THE COMING PRINCE: The Marvelous Prophecy of Daniel's Seventy Weeks Concerning the Antichrist, which is a key book cited in McDowell's book.)

McDowell defends Daniel's accuracy against charges of critical scholars such as S.R. Driver (An Introduction to the Literature of the Old Testament) who point out difficulties such as the use of Greek and Aramaic words in the book; the identity of Darius the Mede, etc.

A key component in McDowell's argument is the interpretation of Daniel as having predicted EXACTLY when Jesus would appear. (McDowell's approach is very dependent upon Harold Hoehner's Chronological Aspects of the Life of Christ, as well as Anderson's book.)

Other Christian authors/lecturers have slightly different dates than this book uses, and don't rely on the unproven "360-day prophetic year" interpretation that Anderson and Hoehner favor.

To see critical views of this approach, you might read the Anchor Bible's The Book of Daniel (The Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries); for a traditionial Jewish critique, try Tovia Singer's Let's Get Biblical! Why Doesn't Judaism Accept the Christian Messiah?. But McDowell's book remains a pillar of concise argumentation and clearly-presented reasoning, and is still well worth detailed study.

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5.0 out of 5 stars DANIEL IN The critics' den, March 21, 2000

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This review is from: Daniel in the critics' den: Historical evidence for the authenticity of the Book of Daniel (Hardcover)

This is a very good book a must read, for any one especially matt baumer.