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    The narrative of Bel and the Dragon is incorporated as chapter 14 of the extended Book of Daniel. The original Septuagint text in Greek survives in a...
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    relief from Palmyra Fortified gate of the Temple of Bel in Palmyra, Syria Ba‘al Bel and the Dragon Belial Belus (disambiguation) Belus (Assyrian) Belus...
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    Susanna and the Elders, is a narrative included in the Book of Daniel (as chapter 13) by the Catholic Church, Oriental Orthodox Churches and Eastern Orthodox...
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  • early Greek manuscripts; chapter 13 in the Vulgate. This episode, along with Bel and the Dragon, is one of "the two earliest examples" of a detective story...
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  • the Three Holy Children), an addition in the Greek version of Daniel 3 (170-160 BC) Story of Susanna (Vulgate Daniel 13) (200-0 BC) The Idol Bel and the...
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    Holy Children; the story of Susannah and the Elders; and the story of Bel and the Dragon. Theodotion is much closer to the Masoretic Text and became so popular...
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    fables of Bel and the Dragon, which are not contained in the Hebrew Bible, the man who makes this a charge against me proves himself to be a fool and a slanderer;...
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    29:3–5 and Ezekiel 32:2–8, the pharaoh of Egypt is described as a "dragon" (tannîn). In the story of Bel and the Dragon from the Book of Daniel, the prophet...
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    against the Saducees, who, according to their opponents, were abusing their control of the courts. Bel and the Dragon consists of two episodes. In the first...
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  • in the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. Often used as a high-level challenge for players of the game, devils are Lawful Evil in alignment and originate...
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