Daniel in the Critics' Den: A Defense of the Historicity of the Book of Daniel

Sir Robert Anderson set out in there late 1800s to answer the Higher Biblical Critics who wanted to reject the book of Daniel the prophet as a book of the Hebrew cannon (Daniel In the critics Den was updated in the early 1900s and also in 1955). For they did not want to admit Daniel was written when the book claims to have been, because, Daniel predicted all the major coming world empires and predicted the precise time the Christ would come to Israel and be put to death and also predicted the destruction of Jerusalem. To admit this book were true you would have to admit God is true (or else Daniel is the best guesser in History). Anderson takes apart the critics arguments and his research is impeccable and stand up to this day: And is even more so buttressed by more and more facts being discovered by archeologists all though the 20th century and into the 21st. For instance the critics calm Daniel could not have been written at the time it said cause there was no king Bleshazzer, but archeologists have found out there was a king Belshazzer. Bleshazzer was the vice regent or vice king; there were two kings at the time, one Nebonidus, was out fighting wars and he put one Bleshazzer in charge, he never did get back to take charge of the nations capitol. It is also interesting to note that Bleshazzer promised to make Daniel 3ed leader for telling him what the writing on the wall meant, not second why? Because there were already two kings so he could not make Daniel 2ed ruler, only third. The BOOK of Daniel is proven right again. Not only that archeologists have found the actually order to go out and restore Jerusalem put forth by Artaxerxes. The truth is the case is closed and Anderson was the first to close it. Daniel was written, when it was claimed to be written, and he did predict all the successive coming kingdoms of Media Persia, Grace, and Rome; and Daniel did predict the date of Christ's first coming in the 69th sabbatical week of years in Daniel chapter 11, his death and the destruction of Jerusalem, and all that is left to be fulfilled is Daniel's 70th week which you can read about in Anderson's book The Coming prince. This book is a must read for Christians and skeptics alike.