Includes bibliographical references and index.

Four young exiles gain wisdom and prestige without losing holiness (1:1-21) -- The God of heaven reveals the king's dream to Daniel and the empire's destiny to Nebuchadnezzar (2:1-49) -- God vindicates his power when three Jews choose burning rather than apostasy (3:1-30) -- Nebuchadnezzar testifies to kingship and sanity threatened, lost, and restored (3:31-4:34 [4:1-37]) -- Belshazzar fails to learn from his father's experience and is put down (5:1-6:1 [5:1-31]) -- God vindicates his power when Daniel chooses the lion pit rather than apostasy (6:2-29 [1-28]) -- God most high reveals the world's destiny to Daniel (7:1-28) -- Gabriel explains Daniel's vision of the breaking of the Greek empire (8:1-27) -- Daniel prays for the end of his people's exile and his prayer is heard (9:1-27) -- A celestial figure reveals to Daniel what will happen to his people at the end of the era (10:1-12:13) -- The books form -- Streams of tradition behind Daniel -- The book's structure -- The book's origin -- The book's authors -- The book's theological significance.