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2 Esdras, also called 4 Esdras, Latin Esdras, or Latin Ezra, is an apocalyptic book in some English versions of the Bible. [ a ] [ b ] [ 2 ] Tradition ascribes it to Ezra , a scribe and priest of the fifth century BC, whom the book identifies with the sixth-century figure Shealtiel .
The Thirty-nine Articles that define the doctrines of the Church of England follow the naming convention of the Clementine Vulgate.Likewise, the Vulgate numbering is often used by modern scholars, who nevertheless use the name Ezra to avoid confusion with the Greek and Slavonic enumerations: 1 Ezra (Ezra), 2 Ezra (Nehemiah), 3 Ezra (Esdras A/1 Esdras), 4 Ezra (chapters 3–14 of 4 Esdras), 5 ...
1 and 2 Samuel; 1 and 2 Kings; I Chronicles; II Chronicles (incl. the Prayer of Manasseh) Jubilees; Enoch; 1 Ezra; 2 Ezra (3 Ezra) Ezra Sutuel (4 Ezra) Tobit; Judith; Esther; 1, 2, and 3 Meqabyan (sometimes called Ethiopian Maccabees, but not the same as the four Greek Books of the Maccabees) Job; Psalms; Messale (Proverbs ch 1–24) Tagsas ...
In the Bible outside of Genesis, the term "tree of life" appears in Proverbs (3:18; 11:30; 13:12; 15:4) and Revelation (2:7; 22:2,14,19). It also appears in 2 Esdras and 4 Maccabees , which are included among the Jewish apocrypha. According to the Greek Apocalypse of Moses, the tree of life is also called the Tree of Mercy.
2 Samuelis also known as 2 Regum: 2 Kings: listed as "2 Samuel", otherwise called "2 Kings" in the Challoner revision of the Douay–Rheims. 2 Samuel: 3 Regum: 3 Kings: 1 Kings: 4 Regum: 4 Kings: 2 Kings: 1 Paralipomenon: 1 Paralipomenon: 1 Chronicles: 2 Paralipomenon: 2 Paralipomenon: 2 Chronicles: 1 Esdræ: 1 Esdras: Ezra: Nehemiæ also known ...
An ancient Greek book called 1 Esdras (Greek: Ἔσδρας Αʹ) containing some parts of 2 Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah is included in most editions of the Septuagint and is placed before the single book of Ezra–Nehemiah (which is titled in Greek: Ἔσδρας Βʹ). 1 Esdras 5:7–46 is an equivalent of Ezra 2 (List of former exiles who ...
1 Esdras, also known as "Esdras α", is an alternate Greek-language version of Ezra. This text has one additional section, the 'Tale of the Three Guardsmen' in the middle of Ezra 4. [1] 1 Esdras (3 Esdras in the Vulgate) was considered apocryphal by Jerome. [11]
1 Esdras (Ancient Greek: Ἔσδρας Αʹ), also Esdras A, Greek Esdras, Greek Ezra, or 3 Esdras, is the ancient Greek Septuagint version of the biblical Book of Ezra in use within the early church, and among many modern Christians with varying degrees of canonicity. 1 Esdras is substantially similar to the standard Hebrew version of Ezra–Nehemiah, with the passages specific to the career ...