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Intro -- THE APOCALYPTIC VISION OF THE BOOK OF DANIEL -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER I -- COMPOSITION AND EDITORIAL DEVICES -- The Figure of Daniel -- The Danielic Corpus -- The Unity of the Book of Daniel -- The Tales in Daniel 1-6 Are Not From Maccabean Times -- The Symmetrical Arrangement of Daniel 2-7 -- The Problem of the Two Languages -- The Editorial Unity of the Book -- Later Additions to the Book -- CHAPTER II -- THE COURT-TALES -- The Function of the Court-tales -- Daniel 1: An Introductory Chapter -- The Tales in Daniel 2-6 -- Daniel 2: The Skill of the Wise Courtier -- A Babylonian Political Oracle in Daniel 2 -- The Schema of the Four Kingdoms -- The Four Metals -- The Jewish Redaction of Daniel 2 -- Daniel 4 and 5: The Critique of the Kings -- Traditional Elements and Redaction in Daniel 4 and 5 -- Daniel 3 and 6: The Tales of Conflict -- The Provenance of the Tales -- CHAPTER III -- THE MEDIA OF REVELATION -- The Phenomenon of Pseudepigraphy -- The Psychology of Pseudepigraphy -- Revelation as Interpretation -- Pesharim -- Indirect Revelation in the Hellenistic World -- Dreams and Visions in the OT -- Indirect Revelation in the OT -- The Determinism of Apocalyptic -- CHAPTER IV -- SYMBOLS, MYTHS AND ALLEGORIES: THE MODE OF THE VISIONS -- The Mythological Imagery of Daniel 7: The Sea and Its Monsters -- The "Ancient of Days" and "One Like a Son of Man -- EXCURSUS: The Availability of Ancient Mythology -- Further Traditions in Daniel 7 -- A Mythic Pattern in Daniel 7 -- The Mythic Elements in Daniel 8 -- The Mythic Elements in Daniel 10-12 -- How the Mythic Elements Should be Read: The Visions as Allegories -- The Allegorical Mode -- Allegory and Mythic Patterns -- Celestial Archetypes in Daniel 10-12 -- Non-allegorical Symbols in Daniel 7-12 -- The Significance of Recapitulation -- Conclusion.

CHAPTER V -- THE 'SAINTS OF THE MOST HIGH' AND 'ONE LIKE A SON OF MAN' -- The 'Son of Man' and the 'Saints of the Most High' -- EXCURSUS: The Unity of Daniel 7 -- The Literary Structure of Daniel 7 -- The Parallelism of the Visions -- The Angelic Narrative, Dan 10:12-12:3 -- The Vision in Daniel 8 -- The Visions in Daniel 7 -- The 'One Like a Son of Man' -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER VI -- HISTORY AND ESCHATOLOGY -- Chronological Predictions -- Eschatology as "Goal" or "End" of History -- Past History in Daniel -- The Eschatological Future -- The Temple and the End-time -- Daniel 7: The Future Kingdom -- The Identity of the "People of the Holy Ones -- The Exercise of Sovereignty -- The Significance of the Vertical Imagery -- Conclusion -- EXCURSUS ON THE PRAYER IN DANIEL 9 -- CHAPTER VII -- DANIEL AS A POLITICAL MANIFESTO: THE FUNCTION OF THE VISIONS -- Anti-Hellenistic Resistance in the Near East -- The Maccabean Revolt -- The Viewpoint of 1 Maccabees -- The Viewpoint of 2 Maccabees -- The Viewpoint of the Testament of Moses -- The Hasidim -- The Spectrum of Viewpoints -- The Stance of Daniel -- The Wisdom of the Maskîlîm -- Learned Wisdom and Popular Politics -- The Tradition of Non-violent Resistance -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY.