A Homiletical Commentary on the Book of Danial: With Copious Notes and Indexes (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from A Homiletical Commentary on the Book of Danial: With Copious Notes and IndexesIV. Unity of the book. That the book is the work of a single author a thing now universally conceded 51. The historical tradition confirmed by the internal connection and interdependence of the parts, as well as by the same peculiarities of style being found in both the first and second parts, notwith standing the difference of language. Formerly some ascribed the book to several authors 3 others, as Dr. Arnold, allowed the first part to Daniel but not the second while some, as J. D. Michaelis, made Daniel the author of only the two first and the'last six chapters. Others, as Spinoza and Sir Isaac Newton, ascribed only the last six to Daniel; the latter, however, observing that to reject Daniel's prophecies would be to undermine the Christian religion, which is all but founded on his prophecies respecting Christ. Hengstenberg observes that Bleek deserved credit for exposing in detail the futility of Eichhorn's and Bertholdt's hypothesis of a plurality of authors, and showing the unity Of the book. Auberlen remarks that the unity of the book is now acknowledged by all, even by those who impugn its canonicity and Dr. Pusey Observes that no one doubts now that the Book of Daniel is one whole; even De Wette re garding the uniformity of the language and style, both in the Chaldee and Hebrew portions of the book, among the strongest proofs of its unity, and admitting that the similarity of style binds together both portions, not only in themselves but with each other. Some, however, as Mr. Bosanquet (messiah the Prince think that certain passages seem to betray the hand of a compiler even as late as the time of the Maccabees (161.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.