Library/Deuterocanon
Additions to Daniel
Three extra tales: the Song of the Three in the furnace, Susanna and the false elders, Bel and the Dragon. Angels, courts, and the unmasking of idols — a Daniel dossier expanded toward the popular.
- Status
- Catholic & Orthodox deuterocanon
- Date
- 2nd century BCE
- Languages
- Greek
- Setting
- The furnace, a Babylonian garden, a temple of Bel
What it contains
- Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three
- Susanna
- Bel and the Dragon
Why it sits outside most canons
Absent from the Hebrew/Aramaic Daniel of the Tanakh.
Themes
- Martyrdom
- Justice
- Idols
- Angels
Passages
Song of the Three
Bless the Lord, ice and snow… bless the Lord, nights and days… bless the Lord, lightnings and clouds.