The book in the Apocrypha, Bel and the Dragon, tells the story of Daniel being thrown into the lion’s den. However, the story is a little different to the classic story of Daniel in the lion’s den. Bel and the Dragon begins with an idol that the Babylonians worshiped named Bel. Daniel, however, did not worship the idol and the king confronted him about it one day. Daniel replied that he did not worship the idol because he worshiped the living God who created the earth and not idols created by humans. The king asked if he meant he did not believe that Bel was living even though he eats and drinks the food every day. Daniel confidently told the king that the bronze idol was only filled with clay. After conversing with the priests about if they
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The story is very similar to Daniel’s in the Old Testament as both stories end in being saved in the lion’s den; however, the events leading up to Daniel’s arrival at the den is different. Daniel is still punished for not worshiping the same idols as the king, but the idols and storyline of the idols is much different. Even though there were a few details that were contradicting, the overall major idea was still the same. I enjoyed seeing a new perspective to Daniel’s story in the lion’s den even though I was not accustomed to the new perspective. I did not fully accept the Greek version of this story because all my life I have grown up reading about the king who made a decree saying all people must worship him and so on. Because I grew up in a protestant church, I have an unconscious stigma against It though because I have never heard these stories, even though I liked hearing the story in a new way. I believe that people who read this book in the Apocrypha could benefit from reading it. I believe it would open their eyes to another part of the bible that has different sides to the story just like stories in Genesis and Mathew, Mark, Luke, and John. I have realized in the church sometimes, we water the bible down and make it appear to be what we want to hear. I think it would be helpful for people to read it so they may be able to get rid of their unconscious stigma and be more open-minded about the
The story is very similar to Daniel’s in the Old Testament as both stories end in being saved in the lion’s den; however, the events leading up to Daniel’s arrival at the den is different. Daniel is still punished for not worshiping the same idols as the king, but the idols and storyline of the idols is much different. Even though there were a few details that were contradicting, the overall major idea was still the same. I enjoyed seeing a new perspective to Daniel’s story in the lion’s den even though I was not accustomed to the new perspective. I did not fully accept the Greek version of this story because all my life I have grown up reading about the king who made a decree saying all people must worship him and so on. Because I grew up in a protestant church, I have an unconscious stigma against It though because I have never heard these stories, even though I liked hearing the story in a new way. I believe that people who read this book in the Apocrypha could benefit from reading it. I believe it would open their eyes to another part of the bible that has different sides to the story just like stories in Genesis and Mathew, Mark, Luke, and John. I have realized in the church sometimes, we water the bible down and make it appear to be what we want to hear. I think it would be helpful for people to read it so they may be able to get rid of their unconscious stigma and be more open-minded about the