Books of Esdras

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Esdras is now transliterated as Ezra.

Ezra was prominent in the post-exilic period. His devotion to the law made him a "second Moses."[1]

Original name Now known as Status
1 Esdras Ezra canonical
2 Esdras Nehemiah canonical
3 Esdras apocryphal
4 Esdras 2 Esdras

apocryphal,
but in Vulgate

References

  1. ↑ "The Talmud regards him as a second Moses, claiming that the Torah would have been given to Israel through Ezra had not Moses preceded him" (New American Bible, Introduction to Ezra-Nehemiah).

Links

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