Bel and the Dragon

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title: Bel and the Dragon
text: The narrative of Bel and the Dragon is incorporated as chapter 14 of the extended Book of Daniel. The original Septuagint text in Greek survives in a single manuscript, Codex Chisianus, while the standard text is due to Theodotion, the 2nd-century AD revisor. This chapter, along with chapter 13, is considered deuterocanonical: it was unknown to early Rabbinic Judaism, and while it is considered non-canonical by most Protestants, it is canonical to Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christians, and is
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description: Deuterocanonical text
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date created: 2004-06-17T17:03:42Z
date modified: 2024-08-29T06:35:17Z
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