Is this the same story of the Daniel and the Lion den in the main text? These are great stories..so someone decided to take this out, but why? Are all the facts, clues, and evidence pointing to it being truth? Who is giving account of this story? Are there other possible interpretations? Would most Christians agree it is a good thing, assuming of course it passes all previous tests?
The text must be IN something before it can be taken OUT of that something.
The Scriptures, writings that the Jewish scribes and priests recognized as sacred, were the 39 books that Christians today refer to as The Old Testament.
The last book was Malachi, written around 400BC. After the prophet Malachi, there were no more prophets saying, "Thus saith The LORD!"
From 400 BC on God appeared to be silent. Some of the books written in this period between the Old Testament and New Testament were referred to as the Apocrypha. The Apocrypha were not considered part of the Jewish canon nor did the apostles and early church fathers consider them to be God-breathed Scripture. It wasn't until the 1500s that the Roman Catholic church declared them part of the canon as a reaction to The Protestant Reformation. St Jerome reluctantly included The Apocrypha in The Latin Vulgate translation and some King James Bibles also include The Apocrypha, despite their not being canonical.
Bottom line: This story was never taken OUT of The Bible because it never was IN The Bible.
Foinn ,hi ,i cant speak for any other Christians but i have no idea what the story of Bel and the Dragon 1 is but i think i can guess which was written first between it and the book of Daniel .
The text must be IN something before it can be taken OUT of that something.
The Scriptures, writings that the Jewish scribes and priests recognized as sacred, were the 39 books that Christians today refer to as The Old Testament.
The last book was Malachi, written around 400BC. After the prophet Malachi, there were no more prophets saying, "Thus saith The LORD!"
From 400 BC on God appeared to be silent. Some of the books written in this period between the Old Testament and New Testament were referred to as the Apocrypha. The Apocrypha were not considered part of the Jewish canon nor did the apostles and early church fathers consider them to be God-breathed Scripture. It wasn't until the 1500s that the Roman Catholic church declared them part of the canon as a reaction to The Protestant Reformation. St Jerome reluctantly included The Apocrypha in The Latin Vulgate translation and some King James Bibles also include The Apocrypha, despite their not being canonical.
Bottom line: This story was never taken OUT of The Bible because it never was IN The Bible.
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