One day the two elders catch each other lingering behind in order to watch Susanna, and they conspire together to entrap her (vv. Two elders who serve there as judges separately develop lustful feelings toward Susanna, whom they spy walking in the garden when the house empties at midday for the community to go to their own homes for lunch (vv. Joakim’s house functions as a courthouse for the Jewish community. Susanna’s introduction defines her in terms of her relationships to two men, as wife of Joakim and daughter of Hilkiah, and tells that she is beautiful and righteous and was trained “according to the law of Moses” by her parents (vv. Joakim, however, plays a minimal role in the unfolding of the story. (Greek) 'dispersion.' The Jewish community, and its areas of residence, outside Ere z Israel. The text first introduces Joakim, a wealthy man living in the Babylonian Lit.

On account of this, some ancient Greek versions place the Book of Susanna before Daniel 1. Although readers will respond to and remember most vividly Susanna and her predicament, the story’s conclusion emphasizes Daniel’s emergence as a young figure of wisdom. Most modern editions of the Christian Bible include it among the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books as Daniel 13. The brief, self-contained story of Susanna appears in Greek but not Hebrew manuscripts of the Book of Daniel.

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