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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(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, and it omits Uriel (2 Esdras 4:1 and 2 Esdras 5:20) and Jerahmeel (2 Esdras 4:36), which are contained in 2 Esdras, neither are included in the...
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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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Deuterocanonical books (section Esdras)
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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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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Apocalypse of Ezra is not an exact match to the longer Latin Esdras–2 Esdras in KJV or 4 Esdras in the Vulgate—which includes a Latin prologue (5 Ezra) and...
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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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version is in Greek. In Slavic language Bibles 2 Esdras is called 3 Esdras. In the Vulgate it is called 4 Esdras. In Greek Bibles, 4 Maccabees is found in...
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Authorship of the Bible (section 1 & 2 Esdras)
it was probably composed in the period 200–100 BCE. 2 Esdras has no connection with the other Esdras books beyond taking Ezra as its central character....
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Ezra–Nehemiah (redirect from Esdras B)
Beginnings to 600, CUP, p. 511, "1 and 2 Esdras refers to 3 Esdras (A Esdras in Greek) and Esdras-Nehemiah (B Esdras in Greek). Grabbe, Lester; Rogerson...
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16:48–50 Amos 4:1–11 Zephaniah 2:9 Wisdom 10:6–8 Wisdom 19:17 Sirach 16:8 3 Maccabees 2:5 2 Esdras 2:8–9 2 Esdras 5:1–13 2 Esdras 7:106 Luke 10:11–12 Matthew...
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fluent and may be considered original. One of the youngest of these books, 2 Esdras, has a complex composition history with a probable mix of Hebrew, Latin...
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Lutheranism, Anglicanism and Methodism) The prayer is cited from 2 Esdras (4 Esdras Vulgate): Therefore, I say to you, O nations that hear and understand...
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three books whose canonicity was questioned: Prayer of Manasseh, 3 Esdras, and 4 Esdras. The Gospels (4): Matthew, Mark, Luke, John Historical book (1):...
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2 Maccabees, also known as the Second Book of Maccabees, Second Maccabees, and abbreviated as 2 Macc., is a deuterocanonical book which recounts the persecution...
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The Lost Books of the Bible and the Forgotten Books of Eden (section 2. Books of the Pseudepigrapha)
Maccabees The Story of Ahikar Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 1 Esdras and 2 Esdras (150-100 BC) Tobit (200 BC) Judith (150 BC) Additions to Esther (Vulgate...
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Michael and the angel Gabriel; Uriel is named in 2 Esdras (4:1 and 5:20) and Jerahmeel is named in 2 Esdras 4:36, a book that is regarded as canonical by...
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worthies to establish their validity among the true writers' contemporaries. 2 Esdras reinforces this theory: when Ezra was inspired to dictate the sacred scriptures...
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canonical." The whole of the books in question, with the exception of 1 Esdras and 2 Esdras and the Prayer of Manasseh, were declared canonical at Trent. The...
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Jeremiah Chron + Pm = 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Prayer of Manasses. Esdr = 1 Esdras = (Vulgate) 3 Esdras = (Septuagint) Esdras A In the Old Testament sequence...
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The Second Book of Enoch (abbreviated as 2 Enoch and also known as Slavonic Enoch, Slavic Enoch, or the Secrets of Enoch) is a pseudepigraphic text in...
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Proverbs (3:18; 11:30; 13:12; 15:4) and Revelation (2:7; 22:2,14,19). It also appears in 2 Esdras (2:12; 8:52) and 4 Maccabees (18:16), which are included...
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without officially considering it canonical.) 3 Esdras ("3 Esdras" in Russian Bibles correspond to "4 Esdras" in Vulgate Bibles. Russian and Georgian Bibles...
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Prologue (1:1–2) Situation in Nineveh and Ecbatana (1:3–3:17) Tobias's journey (4:1–12:22) Tobit's song of praise and his death (13:1–14:2) Epilogue (14:3–15)...
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the Authorised Version 1 Esdras 3 Esdrae 3 Esdras The First Book of Esdras 2 Esdras 4 Esdrae 4 Esdras The Second Book of Esdras Tobit Tobiae Tobias Tobit...
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J. Amanda (2011). "Sacred Times: The Book of Jubilees at Qumran". Papers. 2 – via Digital Commons @ Andrews University. "Ethiopian Orthodox Church's canonical...
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