Susanna (Book of Daniel)

Susanna (/suˈzænə/; Hebrew: שׁוֹשַׁנָּה, Modern: Šōšanna, Tiberian: Šōšannā: "lily"), also called 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 Churches. It is one of the additions to Daniel, placed in the Apocrypha by Protestants, with Anabaptists, Lutherans, Anglicans and Methodists regarding it as non-canonical but useful for purposes of edification.^[1]^[2]^[3] The text is not included in the Jewish Tanakh and is not mentioned in early Jewish literature,^[4] although it does appear to have been part of the original Septuagint from the 2nd century BC,^[5] and was revised by Theodotion, a Hellenistic Jewish redactor of the Septuagint text (c. AD 150).

^ Geisler, Norman L.; MacKenzie, Ralph E. (1995). Roman Catholics and Evangelicals: Agreements and Differences. Baker Publishing Group. p. 171. ISBN 978-0-8010-3875-4. Lutherans and Anglicans used it only for ethical / devotional matters but did not consider it authoritative in matters of faith.
^ Dyck, Cornelius J.; Martin, Dennis D. (1955). The Mennonite Encyclopedia: A-C. Mennonite Brethren Publishing House. p. 136. ISBN 978-0-8361-1119-4.
^ Kirwan, Peter (16 April 2015). Shakespeare and the Idea of Apocrypha: Negotiating the Boundaries of the Dramatic Canon. Cambridge University Press. p. 207. ISBN 978-1-316-30053-4.
^ "Jewishencyclopedia.com". Jewishencyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2013-08-25.
^ New American Bible (Revised Edition), Footnote a.