Secrets of Daniel The Wisdom and Dreams of a Jewish Prince in Exile

by Jacques B. Doukhan

Written by an Adventist scholar of Jewish heritage, this commentary solves several longstanding problems and sheds new light on many aspects of the cryptic prophecies of Daniel. Fresh insight is provided regarding such questions Whatever happened to Daniel's tomb? Is Michael "one of the chief princes" or is he "the first of the chief princes"? Why did King Nebuchadnezzar forget his dream? Why did Daniel undertake his three-week fast during Passover?Jacques Doukhan re-creates the world of Babylon, explains obscure allusions, and finds hidden patterns within the prophesies that help to clarify their meaning. His research in ancient Jewish sources and knowledge of the original languages makes this book a worthy contribution to the literature.

191 pages, Perfect Paperback

First published March 1, 2000

Reviews

[Lidia · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really liked how the author explained the book of Daniel in parallel with lessons of history but my 3 stars are because I am still not convinced how the year 1844 is the ending of this system. I mean Daniel has lived in 457 and Jesus was born after approximately 400 years after and He said that neither He knew the date of the end of the world only our Father knows it so how come the year 1844 made so many people believe that that was the end of the world? Plus that this book did not explain that the people of that time miscalculated and this part of the book was unclear.

The truth is that they all thought that year 1844 was the end but they gotten all wrong so why didn't the author admitted the mistake?

Does this people really still think that in that year somethink happened? I think I will see other opinions also regardless this prophecy because it does not have any sense what the Adventist believe, just my opinion....

[Jerome · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hebrew thinking about Daniel- priceless!

[Roger · Rating 5 out of 5]

Studying and reading about the Book of Daniel never gets old. This is essentially a brief, approachable commentary on Daniel that connects the theology, history, and language in a way that's accessible to non-specialists.

Someone familiar with and supportive of traditional or historic Seventh-day Adventist theology regarding Daniel might find Dr. Doukhan's lack of expansion on the heavenly sanctuary off-putting. But don't. Even if there isn't much in that area, there is still a lot of good material here. And like many books, the resources found in footnotes is well worth the read.

[Muchina Munthali · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good book

[Jaclyn Knight · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wonderful chapter by chapter exposition of Daniel with special emphasis on the connections to Jewish thought & textual insights & other parts of the Bible.

[Christopher · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book in its Spanish translation while i was visiting my in-laws in Spain and thoroughly enjoyed it. Doukhan connected many thoughts for me in relation to the prophetic book of Daniel in relation to its historical context and prophetic historical application. I strongly suggest this book to any serious student of the Biblical book of Daniel.

[Kessia Reyne · Rating 2 out of 5]

Interesting stuff in some places, but Doukhan does a lot of "reading in" that the text doesn't seem to support.