Daniel -- Why were the last two chapters rejected?

[GeorgiaPeach]

I just finished a Bible study on Daniel with my protestant lady friends. I understand that their Bible is missing 7 books, but…

Does anyone know specifically why chapters 13 & 14 in Daniel were rejected: History of Susanna & Bel and the Dragon?

 

[jblake]

GeorgiaPeach;:

Does anyone know specifically why chapters 13 & 14 in Daniel were rejected: History of Susanna & Bel and the Dragon?

You omitted The Song of the Three Young Men and PrAz in your question. These can be found in Daniel 3.

The short answer is that they are in the LXX, but not Masoretic text. As such, they are considered to be apocrypha by most Protestants.

xan

jonathon

 

[GeorgiaPeach]

You omitted The Song of the Three Young Men and PrAz in your question. These can be found in Daniel 3.

The short answer is that they are in the LXX, but not Masoretic text. As such, they are considered to be apocrypha by most Protestants.

Thanks, I guess I was looking for the long answer. I was wondering what made these parts of Daniel apocrypha but not the entire book of Daniel. The best I can figure out is that they might have different authorship.

It was painful listening to the facilitator go on and on speculating what Shadrack, Meshack and Abendigo did while in the furnace.

 

[jblake]

GeorgiaPeach;:

I guess I was looking for the long answer.

The long answer brings up the issue of what is considered to be canonical, and why it is considered to be canonical…

I was wondering what made these parts of Daniel apocrypha but not the entire book of Daniel.

Song of the Three Young Men, PrAz, Susanna, and Bel are found only in the LXX. The rest of Daniel is found in both the LXX and Masoretic texts.

The best I can figure out is that they might have different authorship.

Authorship is one of the questions that has been raised about them.

xan

jonathon

 

[Ron_Conte]

It seems likely that chapters 13, 14, and portions of 3 were written at a later date than the rest of Daniel. The Jews accept only those books written within an earlier time period and in Hebrew. The Catholic Church teaches that even the later books written in Greek (with some Aramaic) are canonical.

In order to be canonical, a book need not have been written in its entirety by one person, nor at one point in time.