• the four books of Esdras differs between church traditions, and has changed over time. Esdras (‹See Tfd›Greek: Ἔσδρας) is a Greco-Latin variation of...
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    Thessalonians Johannine literature Revelation (Events) Pseudepigrapha 1 Enoch 2 Esdras Key terms Abomination of desolation Antichrist Apocalypse Apocatastasis...
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    of Jeremiah is shorter than the Masoretic Text. The Psalms of Solomon, 1 Esdras, 3 Maccabees, 4 Maccabees, the Letter of Jeremiah, the Book of Odes, the...
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    popular in the early Christian era did not achieve canonical status. 2 Esdras (also known as the Apocalypse of Ezra) is recognized as canonical in Ethiopian...
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  • manuscript, the two books of Esdras refer to 1 Esdras and Ezra–Nehemiah, corresponding respectively to Esdras A and Esdras B in the Septuagint. In the...
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    It has also been called "an example of the ancient Jewish novel in the Greco-Roman period". Other scholars note that Judith fits within and even incorporates...
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    Slovenia and Croatia) also add: 3 Maccabees 1 Esdras Prayer of Manasseh Psalm 151 2 Esdras (4 Esdras), which is not included in the Septuagint, does...
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    deuterocanonical books present in the surviving part of the Septuagint are 2 Esdras, Tobit, Judith, 1 and 4 Maccabees, Wisdom, and Sirach. The books of the...
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    the doctrines of the early church and allowed traditional Greco-Roman culture (i.e., Greco-Roman mysteries, deities of solar monism such as Mithras and...
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  • caused certain books to fall into my hands. They are Chaldean books ... of Esdras, of Zoroaster and of Melchior, oracles of the magi, which contain a brief...
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    Baruch (inc. the Letter of Jeremiah), Tobit and Judith, along with 1–2 Esdras and Prayer of Manasseh which are not considered as canonical by any church...
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    Herodotus wrote that Xerxes sought his harem after being defeated in the Greco-Persian Wars. He makes no reference to individual members of the harem except...
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    Peter Chapter 3 with 2 Esdras 5:33–56 (4 Esdras, confusingly, is chapter 3 onward of the compilation book later called 2 Esdras). Buchholz 1988, pp. 22–29...
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    (‹See Tfd›Greek: τὰ ἐγκαίνια; ta enkaínia). The same root appears in 2 Esdras 6:16 in the Septuagint to refer specifically to Hanukkah. This Greek word...
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    general, who had schemed to seduce Judith. One of the original sections of 1 Esdras describes a debate among three courtiers of Darius I of Persia over whether...
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  • American Championship Host city Lima, Peru Dates 3–6 May Champions Freestyle  United States Greco-Roman  United States Women  United States ← 2017 2019 →...
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  •  41B. ISBN 978-0-3001-5993-6. 496 pp. Myers, Jacob M. (1974). I and II Esdras. Vol. 42. ISBN 978-0-3850-0426-8. 352 pp. Winston, David (1979). The Wisdom...
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  • Jerome's treatise. No extant manuscript In Ezram et Neemiam libros III. On Esdras and Nehemiah, three books Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah In Canticum Habacum...
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  • formed all things – have you also made them like the farmer's seed? — 2 Esdras 8:44 The New Testament reflects on Christ as the image of God and humans...
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