The Stone and the Image, or, the American Republic, the Bane and Ruin of Despotism: An Exposition of the Fifth Kingdom of Daniel’s Prophecy and of the Great Wonder in Heaven of the Apocalypse

Reflecting the unique American spirit of the nineteenth century, Joseph F. Berg puts forth America as the fifth kingdom described in Daniel. Berg argues that America is a “political miracle,” and his commentary is a valuable window into the many unique attitudes toward prophetic literature in the nineteenth century.