Ezra - עזרא

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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.

Canonical Versions

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
Likely typical "early" mss.
EAP 704/1/5 (early 15th c.); EMML 1768 (late 15th c.) [p: 173]
Possibly typical "standardized" ms.EMML 36 (18th-19th c.) [p: 109]
Likely typical "modern" ms.
IES 77 (Haile Selassie Bible) (1934) [p: 308r]
Potential "Outlier" ms.
d'Abbadie 35 (17th c.)

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

Non-canonical versions

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

Significantly related biblical texts:

Ezra-Nehemiah is a single written composition, consisting of:

  1. Ezra
  2. Nehemiah

The book of "Greek" Esdras is an alternate version of Ezra-Nehemiah.

Other books in the tradition of Ezra:

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