DANIEL IN THE APOCRYPHA

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DANIEL IN THE APOCRYPHA
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THE APOCRYPHA

• Meaning Concealed or Hidden
• Not part of the Jewish Canon
• There are not any original Hebrew manuscripts
• Missing from the DSS (150 BC)
• Found in the LXX (300 BC)
• Name given by the scholar Jerome
• Considered authoritative by Catholics
• 1611 KJV included the Apocrypha

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PRAYER OF AZARIAH SONG OF THE 3 JEWS

• Prayer of Azariah
• Righteous judgment
• Mercy for name sake
• Exception in worship
• Intensity of the flames
• Song of the 3 Jews
• God blessed in heaven
• Creation to worship
• 3 Jews to worship

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QUESTIONS
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SUSANNADANIEL 131-27

• Joacim Susanna
• Two elders
• Lust was inflamed
• Lust revealed
• Susanna bathing
• Blackmailed
• She refuses sin

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SUSANNADANIEL 1328-64

• The trial
• Accusation
• Condemned to death
• Susanna cries to God
• Daniels spirit is raised
• Cross-examination
• Elders condemned
• Susannas family praises God

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QUESTIONS
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THE STATUE OF BELDANIEL 141-22

• Cyrus honors Daniel
• Offerings to Bel
• Bel is not a living god?
• Cyrus confronts priests
• Seal the temple doors
• Test results
• Punishment

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DANIEL AND THE DRAGONDANIEL 1423-42

• A great dragon
• Kill without sword/staff
• Public pressure
• Lions Den
• Prophet Habakkuk
• The Lord provides
• King arrives to mourn

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QUESTIONS