I am preaching through the book of Daniel right now and have collected several commentaries and resources that I have found useful through this process. The list below can serve as a resource for any of you looking to study this book of OT prophecy. Some of you may also have some other resources you would recommend, please feel free to do so. I have given the star rating from Tremper Longman for those titles that he has rated in his excellent resource for purchasing commentaries, Old Testament Commentary Survey.
- Daniel in the Word Biblical Commentary***. This commentary is technical in many places, but very detailed and expansive for close and careful exposition. Problematic are his very liberal perspectives in places, especially his contention that Chapters 1-6 are fictitious.
- Daniel, in The Preachers Commentary****. This volume is written by Sinclair Ferguson, a great pastor, theologian, and preacher. His pastoral heart comes out in this book comprised primarily of sermons on Daniel.
- Daniel, in the Geneva Series***. Edward J. Young has written this classic commentary on the book that has proven to be invaluable to me in this series.
- Daniel, in the Reformed Expository Commentary. This book is a collection of sermons by Iain M. Duguid, but it has been very helpful in making applications during my sermon prep. This volume is very readable.
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Daniel, in the Tyndale OT Commentaries****. This volume by Joyce Baldwin, like all of the Tyndale commentaries, is concise and to the point, but very beneficial. The background information in the introduction is very helpful.
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The Lord is King: The Message of Daniel ****in the Bible Speaks Today series. Ronald Wallace has given us a strong and conservative look at Daniel that takes the prophecies of the book at face value and holds to a traditional dating for the book.
- Daniel in the NIV Application Commentaries. This volume by Tremper Longman fits well in the NIVAC series. It is evangelical, approachable and applicable. If you can only have 2 or 3 Daniel Commentaries, this should be one of them.
- The Handwriting on the Wall by David Jeremiah. Dr. Jeremiah’s book is simple and approachable, but gives another look at Daniel from a very pastoral and relatively popular perspective.
- Naming the Elephant, by James Sire. I throw this in only because it is a book on worldview and in the book of Daniel we see worldviews clashing constantly. I’ve found this book very helpful in sermon prep for this series.
