Commentators have long set the book of Daniel within the context of world history and the genre
of apocalyptic literature. The present volume argues that the primary context for the book is
the composition of the Hebrew Bible as a whole. Daniel in the Context of the Hebrew Bible has
implications for every major hermeneutical issue in Daniel including the four kingdoms the son
of man and the prophecy of seventy sevens. In the final analysis the Hebrew Bible and the
book of Daniel are decidedly messianic eschatological and faith-oriented.
