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Daniel 7:1-18
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| "The
Messiah," Comparative World Scriptures from United
Communities of Spirit. |
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Chapter IV of
the Epistle of Barnabas.
(ca. 130) |
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Chapter LI,
The First Apology of Justin
Martyr. (c 150) (Justin claims that this passage is from Jeremiah.) |
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Chapter XXXI,
Dialogue With Trypho, Justin
Martyr. (c 160) |
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II.VII.4,
III.XIX.2,
IV.XX.11,
IV.XXXIII.1,
IV.XXXIII.11,
V.XXV.3, Adversus
Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons.
(c. 180) |
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Chapter XIV, Adversus
Judaeos, Tertullian
(c. 198) |
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II.11,
III.3, Paedagogus,
Clement of Alexandria (c 200) |
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I.21, Stromata,
Clement of Alexandria (c 200) |
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III.VII,
III.25, Against
Marcion, Tertullian
(c. 209) |
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IV.10,
IV.39,
IV.41, Against
Marcion, Tertullian
(c. 210) |
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Chapter XV, On
the Flesh of Christ, Tertullian (c.
211) |
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Chapter
XXII, On the Resurrection of the Flesh, Tertullian
(c. 211) |
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Chapter
III, Against Praxeas, Tertullian
(c. 213) |
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VI.XXVII, The
Refutation of all Heresies (Philosophumena), Hippolytus of Rome.
(c. 225) |
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V.4, Commentary
on the Gospel of John, Philocalia [anthology of Origen prepared by St. Basil and St.
Gregory Nazianzen], Origen.
(c.230) |
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IV.XIII,
VIII.XXXIV,
Against Celsus, Origen
(c. 246) |
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XIV.9, Commentary
on the Gospel of Matthew, Origen. (c.247) |
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Book I,
Chapter 2, Ecclesiastical History, Eusebius of Caesarea, (c. 320). |
| From the Geneva Notes.
 | "Because Abraham was appointed
heir of all the world, Ro 4:13, and in him all the faithful, therefore the kingdom of him
is theirs by right, which these four beasts or tyrants would invade, and usurp until the
world were restored by Christ. And this was to strengthen and encourage those that were in
troubles, that their afflictions would eventually have an end." |
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| From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
| "The great event foretold in this passage, is Christ's glorious coming, to
destroy every antichristian power, and to render his own kingdom universal upon
earth." |
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| From
Wesley's Notes.
| "A son of man - That is, the Messiah, he came with the clouds of
heaven, gloriously, swiftly and terribly. And came - This relates to his
ascension, at which time, he received his royal investiture, for the protection of his
church, and curbing of their enemies." |
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| From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
| "The Representative Man
shall then realize the original destiny of man as Head of the creation (Ge 1:26,28); the
center of unity to Israel and the Gentiles." |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
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Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14, Studies on Old Testament texts from Series B,
Ralph W. Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. |
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"Revelation 1:5-8 Looks at Daniel 7:13-14," Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com:
A Lectionary Resource for Catholics.
| "Do we appreciate our faith and our
place in God's plans?" |
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| "Second-Last
Pentecost B - Exegetical Notes on Daniel 7:9-10" Douglas
MacCallum Lindsay Judisch, Concordia Theological Seminary (LCMS -
Indiana).
| "The saints of God too,
however, are predicted to participate in the judging of faithless men
and devils (1 Corinthians 6: 2-3). Here in Daniel 7 itself they receive
"kingship and dominion" in a collective and derivative way by
virtue of association with the King of Kings (verse 27)." |
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| "Last
Pentecost, Fulfillment B - Exegetical Notes on Daniel 7:13-14"
Douglas MacCallum Lindsay Judisch, Concordia Theological Seminary (LCMS
- Indiana).
| "The idea is, then,
that people drawn from all the ethnic and political and linguistic units
on earth "serve" the Son of Man as His vice-regents
"beneath the whole of the heavens" (as verse 27 says, where plch
reappears in the same form as in 14). The "saints of the Most
High" receive kingship only by delegation from the Son of Man, even
as they are "holy ones" only by the imputation His holiness." |
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| Daniel 7:1-3, 15-18:
Comments (commentary) and
Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), All Saints C, Chris
Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal. |
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| Articles & Background:
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"Decoding Daniel:
The Case of Daniel 7:5," A.E. Gardner, Biblica, 2007.
| "Proceeding from Hos 13,5, the
author utilized prophecies of the downfall of Babylon, supplemented
from elsewhere in the Bible, to paint his picture of the second
beast who is to be identified as Media and Persia." |
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"The
Four Kingdoms of Daniel," John H. Walton, JETS, 1986. |
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What Shall We Believe, Aurelia T. Fule, 1987. Full text online at
Religion Online.
| "A detailed analysis and critique, by a
Reformed theologian, of what preachers like Jerry Falwell are saying about
'the last things.'" |
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"Daniel 7, 2-14: Another
Look at Its Mythic Pattern," Anne E. Gardner, Biblica, 2001.
| "It
is pointed out that whereas the question of access, for the author of
Daniel, to the Baal mythology is problematic, the Enuma Elish was still
being recited in the Hellenistic period." |
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| Articles in
ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are
subscribed and logged in to
ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
| Bauckham, Richard,
"The Son of Man: 'A Man in My Position' or 'Someone'?" Journal for
the Study of the New Testament, 1985. |
| Beasley-Murray, G.R.,
"The Interpretation of Daniel 7," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly,
1983. |
| Block, Daniel I.,
"Preaching Old Testament Apocalyptic to a New Testament Church,"
Calvin Theological Journal, 2006. |
| Block, Daniel I.,
"When Nightmares Cease: A Message of Hope from Daniel 7," Calvin
Theological Journal, 2006. |
| Brueggemann, Walter,
"The Old One Takes Notice," The Christian Century, 1992. |
| Casey, P. Maurice,
"General, Generic and Indefinite: The Use of the Term 'Son of Man' in
Aramaic Sources and in the Teaching of Jesus," Journal for the Study
of the New Testament, 1987. |
| Chernus, Ira,
"Individual and Community in the Redaction of Hekhalot Literature,"
Hebrew Union College Annual, 1981. |
| DePuy, Norman,
"Close, But No Cigar," The Christian Century, 1991. |
| Donahue, John R., S.J.,
"Recent Studies on the Origin of 'Son of Man' in the Gospels,"
Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1986. |
| Fee, Gordon D.,
"Preaching Apocalyptic? You've Got to Be Kidding!" Calvin Theological
Journal, 2006. |
| Frank, Richard M.,
"The Description of the 'Bear' in Daniel 7,5," The Catholic Biblical
Quarterly, 1959. |
| Frantz, Nadine Pence,
"But About That Day or Hour," Brethren Life and Thought, 2005
(1991). |
| Gardner, Anne E.,
"The Great Sea of Dan. VII 2," Vetus Testamentum, 1999. |
| Goldingay, John,
"'Holy Ones on High' in Daniel 7:18," Journal of Biblical Literature,
1988. |
| Jindo, Job Y.,
"On Myth and History in Prophetic and Apocalyptic Eschatology,"
Vetus Testamentum, 2005. |
| Kee, Min Suc, "The Heavenly Council and its
Type-scene," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 2007.
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| Muilenburg, James,
"The Son of Man in Daniel and the Ethiopic Apocalypse of Enoch,"
Journal of Biblical Literature, 1960. |
| Morgenstern, Julian,
"The 'Son of Man' of Daniel 7 13ff: A New Interpretation," Journal of
Biblical Literature, 1961. |
| Munoa, Phillip B., III,
"Jesus, the Merkavah, and Martyrdom in Early Christian Tradition,"
Journal of Biblical Literature, 2002. |
| Niskanen, Paul,
"Daniel's Portrait of Antiochus IV: Echoes of a Persian King," The
Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2004. |
| Patterson, Richard D.,
"Wonders in the Heavens and on the Earth: Apocalyptic Imagery in the Old
Testament," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 2000. |
| Rhodes,
"The Kingdoms of Men and the Kingdom of God: A Study of Daniel 7:1-14,"
Interpretation, 1961. |
| Royer, Wilfred Sophrony,
"The Ancient of Days: Patristic and Modern Views of Daniel 7:9-14,"
St. Vladimir's Theological Quarterly, 2001. |
| Towner, W. Sibley,
"Were the English Puritans 'the Saints of the Most High'? Issues in the
'Pre-Critical' Interpretation of Daniel 7,"
Interpretation, 1983. |
| Walker, William O.,
"Expository Article: Daniel 7:13-14," Interpretation, 1985. |
| Walton, John H.,
"The Four Kingdoms of Daniel," Journal of the Evangelical Theological
Society, 1986. |
| Weitzman, Steven,
"Plotting Antiochus's Persecution," Journal of Biblical Literature,
2004. |
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| Sermons:
| The World Menagerie - Daniel 7:1-14, by Ray C. Stedman.
Text or Real Audio. |
| The Coming Caesar - Daniel 7:15-28, by Ray C. Stedman.
Text or Real Audio. |
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| Reviews:
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Review: Delbert Burkett, The Son of Man Debate: A History and
Evaluation. (Cambridge University Press, 1999) Review by Dale C. Allison
in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature. |
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