• 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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    of the Vulgate, Ezra and Nehemiah; and called 3 and 4 Esdras of the Vulgate, 1 Esdras and 2 Esdras respectively. These then became the common names for...
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    Ezra (section 1 Esdras)
    In the Greek Septuagint, the name is rendered as Ésdrās (Ἔσδρας), from which the Latin name Esdras comes. His name is probably a shortened Aramaic translation...
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    Eucharistic liturgy. The Protestant Apocrypha contains three books (1 Esdras, 2 Esdras and the Prayer of Manasseh) that are accepted by many Eastern Orthodox...
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  • mention two books of Esdras, they must have in mind the books known in the LXX and Old Latin as Esdras A and Esdras B; i.e. our 1 Esdras and Ezra-Nehemiah...
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    Croatia) also add: 3 Maccabees 1 Esdras (called 2 Esdras in the Slavonic canon) Prayer of Manasseh Psalm 151 2 Esdras (4 Ezra) and the Prayer of Manasseh...
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    addition to 1 Esdras. Four versions (Esdras, Josephus, Gower and Collier) mention the courtesan Apame who took the crown of Darius in Esdras and Josephus...
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  • Ezra–Nehemiah (redirect from Esdras B)
    Ezra's name is Esdras, and there are two versions of the Greek Ezra–Nehemiah, Esdras alpha (Ἔσδρας Αʹ) and Esdras beta (Ἔσδρας Βʹ). Esdras beta, which is...
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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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    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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    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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    Company. Catholic Encyclopedia: Esdras: THE BOOKS OF ESDRAS: III Esdras Jewish Encyclopedia: Esdras, Books of: I Esdras Larson, Dahlen & Anders 2005, p...
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    Company. Catholic Encyclopedia: Esdras: THE BOOKS OF ESDRAS: III Esdras Jewish Encyclopedia: Esdras, Books of: I Esdras Bruce M. Metzger, The Fourth Book...
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     73–74. Catholic Encyclopedia: Esdras: THE BOOKS OF ESDRAS: III Esdras Jewish Encyclopedia: Esdras, Books of: I Esdras Larson, Dahlen & Anders 2005, p...
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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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    Company. Catholic Encyclopedia: Esdras: THE BOOKS OF ESDRAS: III Esdras Jewish Encyclopedia: Esdras, Books of: I Esdras Würthwein 1995, pp. 36–37. P. W...
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  • is Esther." In the Septuagint version 1 Esdras is 'Esdras A' and Ezra–Nehemiah is 'Esdras B'. Pope Damasus I is often considered to be the father of the...
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    Company. Catholic Encyclopedia: Esdras: THE BOOKS OF ESDRAS: III Esdras Jewish Encyclopedia: Esdras, Books of: I Esdras Larson, Dahlen & Anders 2005, p...
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  • of Esdras' were to be considered canonical, it referred to the two books in the Vetus Latina and the Septuagint, which are Ezra–Nehemiah and 1 Esdras. The...
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    Company. Catholic Encyclopedia: Esdras: THE BOOKS OF ESDRAS: III Esdras Jewish Encyclopedia: Esdras, Books of: I Esdras McConville 1985, p. 38. Larson...
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    Company. Catholic Encyclopedia: Esdras: THE BOOKS OF ESDRAS: III Esdras Jewish Encyclopedia: Esdras, Books of: I Esdras Larson, Dahlen & Anders 2005, p...
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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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     73–74. Catholic Encyclopedia: Esdras: THE BOOKS OF ESDRAS: III Esdras Jewish Encyclopedia: Esdras, Books of: I Esdras Larson, Dahlen & Anders 2005, pp...
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    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 10:14–15 Matthew 11:20–24 Luke...
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    Greek supplemented the text of 1 Esdras with the older translation of Ezra-Nehemiah, naming the two books Esdras A and Esdras B respectively; and this usage...
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    Company. Catholic Encyclopedia: Esdras: THE BOOKS OF ESDRAS: III Esdras Jewish Encyclopedia: Esdras, Books of: I Esdras Larson, Dahlen & Anders 2005, p...
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  • [Books used are: II Esdras, Tobit, Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus, Baruch, Three Holy Children, and I Maccabees.] Goldstein, Jonathan A. (1976). I Maccabees. The Anchor...
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  • Hebrew for Biblical Scholars (1982, 1995) A Greek-Hebrew/Aramaic Index to I Esdras (1984) Classical Syriac for Hebraists (1987, 2nd revised ed. 2013) A Grammar...
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    being Sabrael. Uriel appears in the Second Book of Esdras found in the Biblical apocrypha (called Esdras IV in the Vulgate): ‘Et respondit ad mē angelus...
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  • is also believed by the Talmudic sages to have written both his own book (i. e., Ezra–Nehemiah) and Chronicles up to his own time, the latter having been...
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