Darius the Mede and the Four World Empires in the Book of Daniel (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781597528962)

The present study is limited to the related questions of Darius the Mede and the Four World Empires of Nebuchadnezzar's dream and of Daniel's first vision. So far as Darius the Mede is concerned, it is still generally agreed within the critical school that he has no place in history, and that he is a fictitious creation out of confused traditions. But anti-critical orthodoxy has not given up the attempt to find a place in history for him. . . . So far as the Four World Empires are concerned, the issue is not between critical orthodoxy and anti-critical orthodoxy. For here almost every solution which is proposed . . . goes back far beyond the foundation of the critical school. . . . The present study will therefore be limited to the consideration of theories . . . which have appeared in writings published within the present century, but will take into account the advocacy of those theories both before and during this century. It will aim to determine which of these theories may be accepted, and to show why those rejected are untenable. It will also aim to strengthen the defences of the positions adopted against the many challenges which surround them, and to advance fresh considerations for their support. --from the Introduction

Author: H. H. Rowley
ISBN-10: 159752896X
ISBN-13: 9781597528962
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2006
Pages: 232
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 8.48h x 6.34w x 0.51d