Bel and the Dragon

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addition to the Book of Daniel apocryphal text biblical narrative deuterocanonical book

Bel and the Dragon is an apocryphal addition to the Book of Daniel that recounts stories of the prophet exposing the falsity of idol worship and miraculously surviving a dragon and a lions’ den.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Bel and the Dragon (KJV Apocrypha) 1
The History of the Destruction of Bel and the Dragon 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf addition to the Book of Daniel ⓘ
apocryphal text ⓘ
biblical narrative ⓘ
deuterocanonical book ⓘ
associatedWith Greek additions to Daniel ⓘ
Song of the Three Holy Youths ⓘ
surface form: Song of the Three Youths

Susanna ⓘ
featuresCharacter Babylonian king ⓘ
Daniel ⓘ
Habakkuk ⓘ
Cyrus the Great ⓘ
surface form: King Cyrus

priests of Bel ⓘ
genre didactic tale ⓘ
religious narrative ⓘ
hasCanonicalStatus apocryphal in most Protestant traditions ⓘ
deuterocanonical in Catholic tradition ⓘ
deuterocanonical in Eastern Orthodox tradition ⓘ
hasLanguage Greek ⓘ
Koine Greek ⓘ
hasSetting Babylon ⓘ
hasTheme critique of idolatry ⓘ
divine deliverance ⓘ
exposure of false worship ⓘ
faithfulness to God ⓘ
includedIn Septuagint ⓘ
Vulgate ⓘ
likelyCenturyOfComposition 2nd century BCE ⓘ
literaryFunction appendix to the Book of Daniel ⓘ
narrativeElement Daniel cast into lions’ den ⓘ
destruction of an idol called Bel ⓘ
exposes fraud of Bel’s priests ⓘ
miraculous feeding of Daniel by Habakkuk ⓘ
slaying of a living dragon ⓘ
notIncludedIn Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Jewish Tanakh
partOf Book of Daniel ⓘ
Greek Daniel ⓘ
Book of Daniel ⓘ
surface form: Septuagint Daniel
periodOfOrigin Hellenistic period ⓘ
purpose to demonstrate the power of Israel’s God over idols ⓘ
to encourage fidelity to the God of Israel in exile ⓘ
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholicism

Christianity ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
scripturalLocation Daniel chapter 14 in Catholic Bibles ⓘ
Daniel chapter 14 in Orthodox Bibles ⓘ
Daniel chapter 14 in Vulgate tradition ⓘ
titleVariant Bel and the Dragon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bel and the Dragon (KJV Apocrypha)

Bel and the Dragon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The History of the Destruction of Bel and the Dragon

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apocrypha (in early editions) → containsWork → Bel and the Dragon ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox canon → includesBook → Bel and the Dragon ⓘ
Book of Daniel → includesText → Bel and the Dragon ⓘ
Bel and the Dragon → titleVariant → Bel and the Dragon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bel and the Dragon (KJV Apocrypha)
Bel and the Dragon → titleVariant → Bel and the Dragon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The History of the Destruction of Bel and the Dragon