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Called "2 Esdras" in the Septuagint Greek, "3 Ezra" in earlier Ge'ez sources, and "First Ezra" in some Vulgate sources.
| Version | Modern or critical edition | Selected manuscript/s |
|---|---|---|
![]() Masoretic Text of Ezra - in Hebrew and Biblical Aramaic | עזרא (לפי נוסח חמסורה) מקור: מִקְרָא עַל־פִּי הַמָּסוֹרָה | Leningrad Codex |
![]() Peshitta Ezra - in Syriac Aramaic | ܥܙܪܐ
ܡܒܘܥܐ: ארמיטה | Codex Ambrosianus |
![]() Ethiopic Ezra - in Ge'ez | መጽሐፈ ፡ ዕዝራ ። / ዘዕዝራ ፡ ሠለስቱ ፡ ፩-፲ ። ዐይን: Francisco María Esteves Pereira |
Possibly typical "standardized" ms.EMML 36 (18th-19th c.) [p: 109] |
![]() Septuagint 2 Esdras ch. 1-10 (corresponding to the Book of Ezra) - in Koine Greek | Εσδρας Β' (Αʹ-Ιʹ): Rahlfs' edition πηγή: nocr Swete's edition πηγή: biblehub | Codex Vaticanus (p: 594) Codex Alexandrinus Codex Sinaiticus (incomplete) |
![]() Vulgate Ezra - in Latin | (primus) esdrae fons: vulgate.org | Codex Gigas |
| Version | Modern or critical edition | Selected manuscript/s |
|---|---|---|
![]() Dead Sea Scrolls version of Ezra - in Hebrew and Biblical Aramaic | ספר עזרא : נוסח מגילות ים המלח
מקור: הדרך ליהוה | 4Q117 = 4Q-Ezra |
Ezra-Nehemiah is a single written composition, consisting of:
The book of "Greek" Esdras is an alternate version of Ezra-Nehemiah.
Other books in the tradition of Ezra: