• 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • called 1 Esdras. In Slavic language Bibles Ἔσδρας Bʹ corresponds to Ezra-Nehemiah and is called 2 Esdras. In the Vulgate Ezra is called 1 Esdras and Nehemiah...
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  • Esdras is a given name. Notable people with the name include: Esdras Alfred de St-Georges (1849–1890), Quebec lawyer, physician and political figure Esdras...
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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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