Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John

I was very excited when I found out Isaac Newton was a Unitarian like myself. So I got the two books that he had written about the bible and it's meaning. I think there is another one but I am not sure. The first one concerning two errors in the bible and this one. The first one was a private a letter that turned up in the 40's. They have been published now and shed light on one of the most intelligent men in history.This book goes with his wanting to know when the end would come. Which oddly enough is around 2060. The way he walks through the prophercies of Daniel and Revealtion is something to behold. He does take some shots at the Trinity but overall it is more of a history book of things that have been fulfilled. To see this mans mind at work is something to behold indeed.A lot of people don't know he was going to become a minister. After years of study he walked away from taking the title because of the Trinity belief. He could not voice his opinion for fear that he would be killed. He hid them and they were found much later and sold at an auction. This is a great read not matter what you believe. If you are like me it adds to what you already believe. If you are a Trinitarain it is still a great study on the prophecy of the bible and who knows it might make you consider the Trinity in a different light and make you study the subject for yourself!

As brilliant as he was, Newton messed up with his time table for eschatology. So he should have said 2016 instead of 2060 ....and sadly his take on 1 Timoth 3:16 and 1 John 5:7 were incorrect. It is amazing how he claimed the Bible was the most accurate thing in human civilization...and made errors on these issues.

This little book of 100 pages by the great English scientist offers his interpretations of Daniel and Revelation in light of highly detailed references to many obscure historical personages and events. It is not easy to follow as he appears to wander about the stage of history in order to demonstrate (in his view) the connection between such matters and the Scripture record.The book will appeal to that limited audience which concerns itself with unusual writings by noted figures like Newton who have turned their investigations to other subjects. His historicist interpretation of these prophetical books is not one I agree with, but I still felt it was both worth a read and the having in my library.

This is a book I read online years ago and thought I needed to add to my bookshelf. I believe Isaac Newton spent a lot of time with God going to him with questions on his mind and God answered him with the small things like an apple hitting him on the head. I agree with a lot of his historical views of interpretation but am not premillenial. During his time (as he states in his book)a lot of expositor's saw more fullfilment of the prophesies of Daniel in the first coming of Christ as do I. I also believe the feet of iron and clay are both Roman and Jew. The kingdoms represented are kingdoms that ruled Jerusalem and at the time of Christ the Jews had a priestly rulership though it was a man-made one (clay) while the Romans had a strong-arm rulership (iron). This is an eye opener for anyone who has not read any interpretation from a historical viewpoint and well worth the price. Relatively short and to the point.

This book is a fascinating trip through the most brilliant (human) mind, in my opinion, in history. Although his conclusions about which countries were represented by the different symbols in Daniel and Revelation — due to his position in our timeline — his amazingly studious research was as thorough as it could have possibly been. His proximity in time to the literature he references makes for a very interesting perspective. I did, however, skip almost all of the latin and old/middle french he writes in (at length) so I managed to read through the book in a couple of days. This is as much a study of Newton's quirky - Shakespearian writing style as it is of Daniel and Revelation.

I wish I could read Latin and Greek. I would have been able to get much more from the book.

Anyone who's interested in Biblical prophecy should want to know Newton's thoughts on the subject.

Purchased as a gift. They seemed to like it, but they asked for it directly. I wish I could give more insight.

If you want an educated interpretation of John's Revelation (number of the beast, etc.) this is very interesting. Good read.

The format is difficult to read

Everything as expected, Excellent choice, great purchase.

I am still reading this book so have not fully formed an opinion but I do like it.

The book should be updated... written in Old English, I found it hard to read and he gives a detailed account of history, page after page..Yawn... wish I hadn't bought it.. a lot of Catholic bashing!!! just boring...