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Called "1 Esdras" in the Septuagint Greek, "2 Ezra" in earlier Ge'ez sources, and "3 Ezra" in the Vulgate.
This text is an alternate version of Masoretic Ezra-Nehemiah, either a retelling in Greek or a translation from alternate source material.
| Version | Modern or critical edition | Selected manuscript/s |
|---|---|---|
![]() Ethiopic 2 Ezra - in Ge'ez | መጽሐፈ ፡ ዘዕዝራ ፡ ክልኤቱ ። ዐይን: Francisco María Esteves Pereira |
Likely typical "early" mss.EMML 1768 (late 15th c.) [p: 187]; EMML 7584 (16th c.) [p: 256]; d'Abbadie 55 (16th c.); EAP 704/2/6 (1595-1605) Likely typical "modern" ms.Unesco 2-18 (19th c, only possibly typical.) [p: 47]; Vat. Cer. 75 (1930/1) [p: 241] |
![]() Septuagint 1 Esdras - in Koine Greek | Εσδρας Α': Rahlfs' edition πηγή: nocr Swete's edition. | Codex Vaticanus (p: 572) |
| Version | Modern or critical edition | Selected manuscript/s |
|---|---|---|
![]() Vulgate 3 Esdras (version found in the Paris and Clementine bibles) - in Latin | 3 esdrae fons: vulgate.org (the Vulgate text represents an "Old Latin" Vetus Latina text) | ms. Vat.Lat.1 [f. 179v] |
![]() Syro-Hexaplar (Septuagint) "Greek" Esdras (no Peshitta version exists, but this Syro-Hexaplar version is found in some Peshitta mss.) - in Syriac Aramaic | ܟܬܒܐ ܩܕܡܝܐ ܕܥܙܪܐ ܘܗܢܐ ܕܝܢ ܐܝܟ ܡܫܠܡܢܘܬܐ ܕܫܒ̈ܥܝܢ
ܡܒܘܥܐ: ארמיטה earlier academic edition ܡܒܘܥܐ: Paul de Lagarde | 12a1 = Buchanan Bible (Cambridge Oo. 1.1,2) BNF Syriaque 11 |
| Version | Modern or critical edition | Selected manuscript/s |
|---|---|---|
![]() 3 Esdras: "Versio Altera" (an alternative "Old Latin" Vetus Latina text) - in Latin | esdrae tertius fons: Petri Sabatier | BNF Latin 111 = Colbertino 630 |
![]() 3 Esdras: further Latin versions (additional versions, generally intermediate between the "Versio Altera" and the Vulgate text) - in Latin | esdrae tertius | BNF Latin 16744; Cotton Ms. Claudius E I [img. 356]; "Iberian version": Madrid, BM, Bibl. 7 (not digitised. a distinct version, not intermediate between "Altera" and Vulgate.) |
Ezra-Nehemiah is a single written composition, consisting of:
Other books in the tradition of Ezra: