Daniel: The Seer of Babylon - Softcover

Pfandl, Gerhard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0828018294 ISBN 13: 9780828018296

Publisher: Review & Herald Publishing, 2004

Synopsis

Here comes the Judge!

That's the message of Daniel in this new commentary by biblical scholar Gerhard Pfandl. The author sets us down in once-mighty Babylon, with its 53 temples and 955 smaller sanctuaries. We survey the ruins of the large (170' x 56') banquet hall of Belshazzar and the remains of Nebuchadnezzar's statue on the plain of Dura. We relive Daniel's immortal stories of heroic faith and remember God's promise: "When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, nor shall the flame scorch you."

But more important, Pfandl provides the keys to unlock Daniel's prophecy of the 2300 days, the 70 weeks, and the 1260/1335 days. The author champions the historicist year/day principle, showing how Daniel unfolds the future in symbol. He explains how the medieval apostasy predicted by Daniel birthed a persecuting power whose false teaching obscures the atoning sacrifice of Christ. He cites non -Adventist scholars who affirm that Daniel 8 teaches a pre-Advent judgment, and refutes Adventist innovators who project the 1260 days into the future.

As the end rushes toward us, Daniel points forward to the day when David's prayer "Judge me, O Lord" is answered, and trial and trouble are swallowed up in glory.

About this title

About the Author:

Gerhard Pfandl is an Associate Director of the Biblical Research Institute. He is a native of Austria and holds an M.A. and Ph.D in Old Testament from Andrews University. He has worked as a church pastor in Austria and in the Southern California Conference. From 1977-1989 he was Professor of Religion at Bogenhofen Seminary in Austria. Prior to joining the Biblical Research Institute in 1999 he served for seven years as Field Secretary of the South Pacific Division in Sydney. He has published more than 120 articles for scholarly and popular journals in German and English and is the author of several study guides and the books The Time of the End in the Book of Daniel (Adventist Theological Society Publications, 1992) and Daniel: The Seer of Babylon (Review and Herald, 2004).

About this edition

• Publisher: Review & Herald Publishing
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0828018294
• ISBN 13: 9780828018296
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 121