Ethiopic Apocalypse of Ezra - ዘተናገሮ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ለዕዝራ ።

A text identified as part of the Beta Israel Secondary Canon by Dr. Steven Kaplan
Composed in Ge'ez, likely first in a non-extant Christian recension and later in the Beta Israel recension.

Canonical Versions

Version	Modern or critical edition	Selected manuscript/s
Beta Israel Apocalypse of Ezra - in Ge'ez	ዘተናገሮ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ለዕዝራ ። ዐይን: Joseph Halévy	Faitlovitch Ms. 23: Sa'atat (doc. pp. 87-101) Faitlovitch Ms. 24: Book of Ezra

Similar quasi-biblical texts

Similar medieval "political apocalypses" attributed to Ezra exist among Christians in Greek, Latin, and Syriac.
These texts are not directly related to each other or to the Ge'ez text.

• The Greek Apocalypse of Ezra: Ἀποκάλυψις Ἐσδρὰμ
• The Syriac Apocalypse of Pseudo-Ezra: ܫܐܠܬܐ ܕܫܐܠ ܥܙܪܐ
• The Latin Vision of Ezra: visio beati esdrae

Significantly related biblical texts:

Other books in the tradition of Ezra:

• Ezra-Nehemiah (a single written composition consisting of):
  1. Ezra
  2. Nehemiah
• "Greek" Esdras
• Ezra Sutuel (and the rest of Latin "4 Esdrae")

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