BERNINI, ABACUC ed il angelo

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Habakkuk does appear in Bel and the Dragon, which is part of the Additions to Daniel found in the Biblical apocrypha. Verses 33-39 state that Habakkuk is in Judea and after making some stew, he’s told by an angel to take the stew to Daniel, who is in Babylon in the lion’s den. After proclaiming he is unaware of both the den and Babylon, Habbakuk is transported to the den with Daniel via the angel. Habakkuk gives Daniel the food to sustain him, and is immediately taken back to “his own place.”




An angel seized ABACUC by a lock of his hair, and carried him to DANIELE, in order to bring him the food which ABACUC had wanted to take to labourers in the field.

THE CHIGI library contained the ONLY known septuagint text that mentions this.

ALESSANDRO VIII recognised the importance of this.