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Ancient Jewish Novels: An Anthology

Lawrence M. Wills

Print publication date: 2002

Print ISBN-13: 9780195151428

Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: November 2003

DOI: 10.1093/0195151429.001.0001

Susanna and Bel and the Serpent (Greek Daniel)

Chapter:
(p. 51 ) Three Susanna and Bel and the Serpent (Greek Daniel)
Source:
Ancient Jewish Novels
Author(s):
Lawrence M. Willshttp://www.eds.edu/sec.asp?pageID=96
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
DOI:10.1093/0195151429.003.0003

An introduction and translation of Susanna and Bel and the Dragon (also called Bel and the Serpent), added to the Book of Daniel in the Old Testament Apocrypha. Bel and the Dragon is a satire or parody of worship of idols. These stories include the motifs of penitence and prayer, competition of ethnic groups, the role of women, and the construction of gender.

Keywords:   Bel and the Dragon, Daniel, ethnic groups, Old Testament Apocrypha, prayer, satire, Susanna, women

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