Acts of Susanna - ገድለ ፡ ሶስና ።

A text identified as part of the Beta Israel Secondary Canon by Dr. Steven Kaplan

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)

Significantly related biblical texts:

Susanna, within the Daniel cycle.

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