{"collection":"Hypertext Bible","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_web_sus_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_web_sus_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_bib_web_sus_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/web/sus.htm","summary":"This is a biblical narrative from the deuterocanonical Book of Susanna (an addition to the Book of Daniel found in the Septuagint and Catholic/Orthodox canons but absent from the Hebrew Bible and Protestant canon). It tells the story of Susanna, a virtuous Jewish woman in Babylon whose beauty attracts two corrupt elders serving as judges; when she refuses their sexual advances in her garden, they falsely accuse her of adultery to destroy her reputation and have her condemned to death. The story turns on Daniel, a young man inspired by God, who intervenes at her execution and demands a retrial, then interrogates the elders separately \u2014 exposing their lie by asking each to name the tree under which the crime supposedly occurred, with each giving a different answer. The elders are executed under the principle of the law of Moses that a false witness receives the punishment they sought to inflict, and Susanna is fully vindicated. The narrative's distinctive emphasis is on the failure of institutional religious authority (the elders are judges entrusted with the law) and its correction through divine intervention via an unexpected figure; it also functions as an origin story for Daniel's reputation as a wise judge. As a short tale, it sits within a wisdom-literature tradition that celebrates steadfast faith under mortal pressure and the ultimate accountability of the powerful.","tags":["English Bible Translations","Modern Bible Translations","New Testament"],"text":null,"title":"World English Bible: Susanna","tradition":"Hypertext Bible","translated_text":null,"word_count":1526}