Previous to this last date
they were read, not as independent books, but as Dan. xiii. and xiv.
A patient waiting for the production of further evidence as to the
origin and position of these additions can hardly be unrewarded.
Meanwhile we may fitly agree with St. Gregory of Nazianzus' lines, which
apply as well to these as to the other books of the Apocrypha:
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??? ???µ????????? ??„???????± ?„??†?‚ ?¤???±?†??†?‚ ???µ???„?·??????·.
?µ??°????¶?? ????°??, ?µ??°????¶?? ??”??????? ??…?„?µ ???µ?…???????…??????
???????»?????‡ ?„????????‚ ??????? ??”?????µ??????, ???±??¶ ???µ???„?????µ?‚,
????‚ ??„?? ?„???‚ ?µ?????????, ?„??¶?? ????»?·???µ???±?‚ ?»?????‰??.
(_Poems,_ lib. II., _ad Seleucum_, 252--256; Migne, _Patr. Gr._ xxxvii.
1593.)
PART II
THE SONG OF THE THREE HOLY CHILDREN
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(?™?©?? ?›?“?? ???•??)
THE SONG OF THE THREE HOLY CHILDREN.
ANALYSIS.
vv.
1, 2. Narrative in continuation of the canonical text, describing
the procedure of the three children in the furnace.
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