Daniel: Evangelical Exegetical Commentary (EEC)

Praise for Daniel

Every generation or so, a book comes along that becomes a marker of “before X” or “after X.” Paul Tanner has written such a book. As a student of Old Testament history and eschatology I have had occasion to give at least passing attention to almost everything written on Daniel in the past 100 years, and without cavil or hyperbole I judge this work by Tanner—masterful in its use of Hebrew and Aramaic, without peer in the depth and breadth of its citation of relevant resources, and engagingly delightful in the clarity of its literary style—will become the standard in its niche, especially in evangelical scholarship.

—Eugene H. Merrill, Dallas Theological Seminary

Daniel is a challenging book to study, but it is an important one. Paul Tanner handles the book’s message and issues in a solid way so that the book’s message is made clear. Views are treated fairly and well surveyed. Your understanding of Daniel will be richly enhanced through working through Tanner’s treatment of the text.

—Darrell Bock, Dallas Theological Seminary

Evangelical scholarship is deeply indebted to Dr. J. Paul Tanner for this contribution to the study of Daniel. Critical evangelical commentaries on this book are rare and rarer still those that defend a conservative position on the crucial issues of date and authorship. His treatment of the notoriously difficult Prophecy of the Seventy Weeks is a milestone in the history of interpretation of this text. I predict this work will be ranked among the finest expositions of Daniel and will well serve this generation so in need of proper guidance in biblical pedagogy and prophecy.

—Randall Price, Rawlings School of Divinity, Liberty University

Paul Tanner’s new commentary will soon take its place among the finest, most thorough and most helpful commentaries ever produced on the book of Daniel. A careful analysis demonstrates that he is definitely committed to the inerrancy of Scripture, a premillennial view of eschatology, a future for Israel in God’s kingdom program, and an early date of the book as written by Daniel in the sixth century BC. In spite of this, he interacts fairly, thoroughly and objectively with a broad spectrum of diverse theological approaches. I enthusiastically recommend it.

—Kenneth L. Barker, General Editor, NIV Study Bible