Acts of Susanna - ገድለ ፡ ሶስና ።

A text identified as part of the Beta Israel Secondary Canon by Dr. Steven Kaplan.
Seemingly of uncertain origin, with thematic links to folkloric traditions of Susanna.

Canonical Versions

Version	Modern or critical edition	Selected manuscript/s
Beta Israel Acts of Susanna - in Ge'ez	ገድለ ፡ ሶስና ። [doc. pp. 2-4] ዐይን: Max Wurmbrand	Faitlovitch Ms. 8 (doc. pp. 48-55)

Non-Canonical Versions

Version	Modern or critical edition	Selected manuscript/s
Christian Ethiopic Acts of Susanna - in Ge'ez	ዘነሐሴ ። no printed edition of the Christian recension exists. (see August Dillmann: Verzeichniss der abessinischen Handschriften)	Berlin ms. or. fol. 394

Closely Related Non-Canonical Texts
Additional Susanna-Like Legends Not Including Daniel

Version	Modern or critical edition	Selected manuscript/s
Samaritan Legend of the Daughter of Amram within certain versions of the Samaritan Chronicle - in Samaritan Hebrew	ࠌࠏࠔࠄ࠰ ࠁࠕ࠰ ࠏࠌࠓࠌ࠽ [pp. 78-79] ࠌࠒࠅࠓ: Adler et Seligsohn, Une nouvelle chronique samaritaine Gaster's English translation of a longer version
Talmudic Legend of the Daughter of Nebuchadnezzar - in Jewish Aramaic	מעשה דבְּרַתֵּיה דִּנְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר (גמרא סנהדרין צ"ג.) מקור: קורן text with analysis in the context of Acts of Susanna [doc. p. 8] (Max Wurmbrand)
Legend of Hannah interpolated into a version of the Book of Josippon - in Hebrew	"בימים ההם שלח המלך אורודוס..." [p. 166-167] מקור: Israël Lévi	Rothschild Miscellany (Israel Museum B61.09.0803o.s)

Significantly related biblical texts:

Susanna, within the Daniel cycle.

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