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23 July 2022
The Additions to Daniel consist of three passages found in the Septuagint of the book of Daniel, but not in the Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible. The additions are accepted as canonical in Eastern Orthodoxy and Catholicism, but not in Protestantism or Judaism.
The first, the tale of Susanna and the Elders, appears at the beginning of the book in the Septuagint.
The second appears after Masoretic verse 3:23, and consists of additions to the story about the Hebrew children in the fiery furnace. This is the Prayer of Azariah and the Song of the Three Holy Children, an unfortunately unwieldy title.
At the end of the book of Daniel, the Septuagint adds Bel and the Dragon, a pair of narratives in which, first, Daniel uncovers a fraud involving an idol of a dragon, and a second, in which Daniel defeats a living dragon and then is tossed into a den of lions. The prophet Habakkuk makes an appearance.
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