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Daniel (Theodotion) - Septuagint

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This website carries two different versions of the book of Daniel. The version we have in the "standard" LXX is actually that of Theodotion (2nd century AD), since the early Church apparently thought that the "original" (Old Greek) LXX Daniel was so badly translated that Theodotion's version was adopted in place of it. The OG version of Daniel can be found in the group of Deuterocanonical/Apocryphal books at the bottom of my LXX menu page. The other thing to notice about Daniel is that, like the Greek Esther and some other books, the LXX has additional verses not found in the present Hebrew Masoretic Text. For this reason, Daniel is listed as having 14 chapters; in Protestant and Jewish bibles, Daniel has 12 chapters. Tied in with this is the expanded material near the beginning of the book (e.g., the Song of the Three Holy Children or Prayer of Azariah) which is also lacking in the Hebrew. The material in LXX chapters 13 and 14 (the stories of Susanna and the Elders and Bel and the Dragon) may also be found as a separate listing in the Deuterocanonical group at the bottom of the LXX menu page.

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