2 Esdras
Sign in to saveAlso known as Latin Esdras, Latin Ezra, 4 Esdras, Apocalypse of Ezra, Jewish Apocalypse of Ezra, 4 Ezra
apocalyptic book, preserved in Latin as an appendix to the Vulgate; tripartite work consisting of 5 Ezra (a Christian work), 4 Ezra (a Jewish apocalypse), and 6 Ezra (predicts wars and rebukes sinners; perhaps Christian)
Key facts
- Genesis
- Bereshit
- Exodus
- Shemot
- Leviticus
- Wayiqra
- Numbers
- Bemidbar
- Deuteronomy
- Devarim
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- religious text
- Image
- Sixto-Clementine Vulgate (1598) - 4 Esdrae.jpg
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- different from
- Greek Apocalypse of Ezra
- entry in abbreviations table
- 2 Esdras
- Commons category
- 2 Esdras
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- Stack Exchange tag
- hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/tags/2esdras
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Encyclopedic overview
Illustration of the triple-headed eagle from Ezra's vision (head-piece from Bowyer Bible, Apocrypha, 1815)
Nevi'im (Prophets)
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