The prophecies of Daniel and the revelations of St John

Book digitized by Google from the library of the University of Michigan and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. xx, 458 p. ; 21 cm Translation of Der Prophet Daniel und die Offenbarung Johannis On spine: Daniel and the Revelation Includes bibliographical references and indexes Part I. Introduction -- A. The peculiar character of Daniel -- B. The testimony of Holy Scripture -- C. The testimony of the church -- D. The present aspect of the question -- E. The present task -- Part II. Characteristics of the book of Daniel -- A. The history of Revelation, or, the starting point -- 1. The significance of the Babylonian captivity -- 2. The position of Daniel -- a. The position of the prophet at the Babylonian court -- b. The position of the book in the Hebrew canon -- B. Contents of the book -- 1. Introduction and division of the book -- 2. The first part: The kingdom of God and the kingdom of the world in general -- a. The second chapter. The four monarchies and the messianic kingdom -- b. The second chapter, continuation -- c. Remarkable events in Daniel's life -- 3. The second part: The kingdom of God and the kingdom of the world in their more immediate future -- a. The eighth chapter. Antiochus Epiphanies -- b. Chapters X -- XII, continuation -- c. The ninth chapter. The immediate future of the Messiah -- C. The apocalyptic form of prophecy 1. The object of apocalyptic prophecy -- a. In general -- b. The apocalypses of the Old and New Testament contrasted -- 2. The nature of apocalyptic prophecy -- a. The subjective form, the dream, the vision -- b. The objective form, symbolism -- Part II. The seventy weeks -- Dan. IX -- A. The Messianic view taken by the church -- 1. The prophecy in its context and contents -- 2. The chronological boundaries -- a. The terminus a quo of the seventy weeks -Ezra and Nehemiah -- b. Analysis of the seventy weeks -- B. The modern interpretation -- 1. The views of Ewald, Hofmann, Wieseler, and Hitzig -- 2. Criticism of these views -- a. The chronological calculations -- b. Exposition of the details -- c. The character of the whole chapter -- 1. The fundamental and distinctive characteristics of the prophecies referring to Antiochus -- 2. The resemblance to the prophecies referring to Antiochus -- Part III. The beasts and man -- A. The four beasts and the Son of Man in Daniel -- 1. The present state of the question -- 2. Criticism of the modern view -- a. A general comparison of the visions of the first and second parts -- b. The seventh and eighth chapters compared, the second and third monarchies -- c. The fourth monarchy, the ten horns -- d. Positive. The biblical prophetical view of history -- 1. The four kingdoms of the world -- 2. The fourth kingdom of the world, and its relation to the Messianic kingdom -- B. The beasts and the woman in the revelation of St. John 1. Exposition of Rev. XII., etc. -- 2. Starting point -- 3. Development of church and world in history -- a. The church and the power of the world -- 1. The woman and the dragon -- 2. The beast with seven heads and ten horns -- b. History of the church and the world-power -- 1. The great harlot Babylon -- 2. The deadly wound healed, the beast that is not, and its return -- 3. The other beast, the false prophet -- c. Judgment of the church and the world-power -- 4. The millennium -- a. Statement of the Revelations, and the New Testament in general -- b. Statements of Daniel, and the Old Testament in general -- c. Comprehensive passages -- d. The modern interpretation of the Apocalypse -- 5. The church-historical view -- a. Bengel -- b. The English and French commentators -- 6. The second view (Ewald, De Weite, Lucke) -- 7. The third view -- a. J. Chr. K. Hofmann -- b. Hengstenberg -- c. Egrard -- d. Conclusion