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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. Tradition ascribes it to Ezra...
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  • The name "Esdras" is found in the title of four texts (entitled Ezra, Nehemiah, 1 Esdras, 2 Esdras in most English versions) attributed to, or associated...
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  • 1 Esdras (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...
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    Ezra (section 1 Esdras)
    helps". In the Greek Septuagint the name is rendered Ésdrās (Ἔσδρας), from which the Latin name Esdras comes. In the Hebrew Bible, or the Christian Old Testament...
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    (ne prorsus interirent). Prayer of Manasseh 3 Esdras (1 Esdras in the King James Bible) 4 Esdras (2 Esdras in the King James Bible) The protocanonical and...
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    Bible, in addition to Uriel (2 Esdras 4:1 and 2 Esdras 5:20) and Jerahmeel (2 Esdras 4:36), which are contained in 2 Esdras, also included in the Apocrypha...
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  • Littmann, Enno; Kohler, Kaufmann, "Esdras, Books of", Jewish Encyclopedia Oesterley, William Oscar Emil (1935). "II Esdras (The "Ezra Apocalypse")". An Introduction...
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  • with Esdras A being reintroduced as '3 Esdras' and Latin Esdras being added as '4 Esdras'. At the Council of Trent neither '3 Esdras' nor '4 Esdras' were...
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  • that in 2 Esdras, but critics are divided over the question of which influenced the other. The probabilities favor the hypothesis that that in 2 Baruch...
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  • Book of Ezra (redirect from Book of Esdras)
    middle of the 2nd century BC. The Septuagint calls Esdras B to Ezra–Nehemiah and Esdras A to 1 Esdras respectively. This usage is noted by the early Christian...
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