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Bibledex – Additions to Daniel
Posted by Joel in Daniel, Deuterocanon on July 10, 2010
If have never read some of the additions to Daniel, they provide interesting morality plays.
From Wiki –
The additions are:
- The Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Holy Children : Daniel 3:24-90 inserted between verses 23 and 24 (v. 24 becomes v. 91) in the Protestant canon. It incorporates the Fiery Furnace episode.
- Susanna and the Elders : before Daniel 1:1, a prologue in early Greek manuscripts; chapter 13 in the Vulgate
- Bel and the Dragon : after Daniel 12:13 in Greek, an epilogue; chapter 14 in the Vulgate
Intersection: 1st Enoch 82.4-7 and Daniel 7.25
The Book(s) of Enoch are a series of mini-sections touching on differing themes and providing fodder for biblical studies, especially those who study the Second Temple period. In 1st Enoch 82.4-7 we find an account of one Jewish sect in a war of propaganda against other Jewish sect over the abandonment of the Lunar Calendar:
