Theodotion’s Greek version of Daniel

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Greek translation biblical text version of the Book of Daniel

Theodotion’s Greek version of Daniel is an early Christian-era Greek translation of the biblical Book of Daniel that became the standard text in many Christian Bibles, often replacing the older Septuagint version.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek translation ⓘ biblical text ⓘ version of the Book of Daniel ⓘ
approximateDate	2nd century CE ⓘ
associatedWith	Theodotion of Ephesus NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	Hebrew-Aramaic Book of Daniel NERFINISHED ⓘ
canonicalStatus	used as standard Greek Daniel in many Christian canons ⓘ
columnRoleInHexapla	one of the Greek columns alongside the Septuagint ⓘ
comparedWith	Masoretic Text of Daniel NERFINISHED ⓘ Septuagint (Old Greek) Daniel NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains	Greek Bel and the Dragon NERFINISHED ⓘ Greek Susanna NERFINISHED ⓘ Greek text of Daniel 1–12 ⓘ Prayer of Azariah NERFINISHED ⓘ Song of the Three Youths NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	biblical prophetic book ⓘ
includedIn	Origen’s Hexapla NERFINISHED ⓘ
influence	influenced later Greek textual tradition of Daniel ⓘ influenced patristic exegesis of Daniel ⓘ
language	Koine Greek ⓘ
partOf	Greek Bible tradition ⓘ Old Testament textual tradition ⓘ
preservedIn	Greek biblical manuscripts of the Byzantine tradition ⓘ critical editions of the Septuagint ⓘ
reception	preferred over Septuagint Daniel in later Greek manuscripts ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
replaced	Septuagint version of Daniel NERFINISHED ⓘ
scholarlyDebate	authorship and exact date of translation ⓘ
scholarlyUse	source for textual criticism of Daniel ⓘ
statusInModernBibles	consulted in critical apparatus rather than used as base text in most modern translations ⓘ
subject	apocalyptic prophecy ⓘ visions of Daniel ⓘ
superseded	Old Greek version of Daniel ⓘ
textType	revised Greek text ⓘ
textualCharacter	closer to Masoretic-type text than Septuagint Daniel ⓘ more literal translation from Hebrew-Aramaic ⓘ
timePeriod	early Christian era ⓘ
translator	Theodotion NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedBy	Greek-speaking Christians ⓘ Jerome NERFINISHED ⓘ Origen NERFINISHED ⓘ early Church Fathers ⓘ
usedIn	Christian biblical manuscripts ⓘ Greek Christian Bibles ⓘ Latin Christian tradition via the Vulgate ⓘ

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Greek Daniel → associatedWithLanguageVersion → Theodotion’s Greek version of Daniel ⓘ