How Bel and the Serpent Went from Addition to Edition of Daniel
The textual witnesses to the Book of Daniel are complex. They present a challenge to any scholar wishing to investigate the production and transmission of the book in the ancient world. The difficulties with the text are not limited to the twelve-chapter masoretic tradition but extend also to the so...
| Published in: | The catholic biblical quarterly |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Catholic Biblical Association of America
[2018]
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The catholic biblical quarterly
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bibel. Daniel 14
/ Bibel. Altes Testament (Septuaginta)
/ Theodotion, Interpres Veteris Testamenti ca. 2. Jh.
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Biblical scholars
B Bel and the Serpent B Literary Criticism B Masorah B Bible. Daniel B Book of Daniel B SNAKES in the Bible B Septuagint B THEODOTION, fl. ca. 180-192 B Text Criticism |
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| Summary: | The textual witnesses to the Book of Daniel are complex. They present a challenge to any scholar wishing to investigate the production and transmission of the book in the ancient world. The difficulties with the text are not limited to the twelve-chapter masoretic tradition but extend also to the so-called additions to Daniel. These not only appear in divergent locations within different editions and manuscripts but also appear in different forms. In this study, I argue that at least some of the differences between the Old Greek of Bel and the Serpent and the Theodotion edition of the story should be attributed to a pronounced interest on the part of Theodotion to link its version of the story to Daniel 6, the other story of Daniel in the lions’ den. To prove this point I examine the introductory verses, the use of divine names, and the description of the lions’ den. |
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| ISSN: | 2163-2529 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The catholic biblical quarterly
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/cbq.2018.0090 |