Editing Book of Daniel (section)

=== Additions to Daniel (Greek text tradition) ===
[[File:Guido Reni - Susanna and the Elders - WGA19296.jpg|thumb|upright=1.35|''Susanna and the Elders'' by [[Guido Reni]] (1820–1825)]]
{{Main|Additions to Daniel}}{{see also|Deuterocanonical books}}

The Greek text of Daniel is considerably longer than the Hebrew, due to three additional stories: they remain in [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] and [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox]] Christian Bibles but were rejected by the Christian Protestant movement in the 16th century on the basis that they were absent from the [[Hebrew Bible]].{{sfn|McDonald|2012|p=57}}
* [[The Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Holy Children]], placed after Daniel 3:23;
* The story of [[Susanna (Book of Daniel)|Susanna and the Elders]], placed before chapter 1 in some Greek versions and after chapter 12 in others;
* The story of [[Bel and the Dragon]], placed at the end of the book.

The Book of Daniel is preserved in the 12-chapter [[Masoretic Text]] and in two longer Greek versions, the original Septuagint version, {{Circa|100&nbsp;BC|lk=no}}, and the later [[Theodotion]] version from {{Circa|2nd century CE}}. Both Greek texts contain the three additions to Daniel. Theodotion is much closer to the Masoretic Text and became so popular that it replaced the original Septuagint version in all but two manuscripts of the Septuagint itself.{{sfn|Harrington|1999|pp=119–120}}{{sfn|Spencer|2002|p=89}}{{sfn|Collins|1984|p=28}} The Greek additions were apparently never part of the Hebrew text.{{sfn|Seow|2003|p=3}} Several Old Greek texts of the Book of Daniel have been discovered, and the original form of the book is being reconstructed.{{sfn|Dines|2004}}