Daniel, Geneva Commentary Series

Edward Young's purpose in this commentary is to give the minister and serious reader an accurate sense of the text. For Young, the key issues in the interpretation of Daniel lay not in the tension between unintelligent obscurantism and scientific scholarship, but in the difference between a believing scholarship and a sceptical rationalism. Young therefore suggests that faith in Scripture is the prerequisite for understanding them. Edward Young was an excellent language scholar and Professor of Old Testament at Westminster Seminary.

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Reviewed by byron g curtis (beaver falls, pa), November 26, 2001

E.J. Young's _Daniel_ is one of the best commentaries on this biblical book. Written in the late 1940's this commentary still reads well, and in the future is likely to stand securely among the "classic" Christian commentaries on this strange Biblical book. Young was well-acquainted with the two original languages in which Daniel's ancient text comes down to us, Hebrew (Dan 1.1-2.4a; and 8.1-12.13) and Aramaic (Dan 7.4b-7.28). He also was well-studied in the Akkadian language of the Neo-Babylonian empire, with several other ancient Near Eastern languages, and also with the ancient Greek found in the versions of Daniel preserved in the Septuagint. Young combined those skills with detailed studies in ancient Near Eastern history and in faithful Biblical theology. These skills did him good service in explaining the meaning of the Book of Daniel for Christians in the mid-20th century. They still do. His careful scholarship, his close attention to the details of the Hebrew and Aramaic originals, and his sensitivity to the theology of Daniel help make this commentary both outstanding and enduring. E.J. Young taught Hebrew and Old Testament studies at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. More than 50 years after its first publication, his commentary still serves to guide the reader through this often perplexing Biblical text. Among the dozens of studies in Daniel that I've read over the years, E.J. Young's remains, to my mind, the single most useful source for understanding and applying the Book of Daniel. I'm grateful.

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