2 Esdras

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2 Esdras is an apocalyptic Jewish text, often included in the biblical Apocrypha, that presents visionary revelations and theological reflections on suffering, justice, and the end times.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
2 Esdras canonical 2
Fourth Book of Ezra 2
2 Esdras (4 Ezra) 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf apocalyptic Jewish text ⓘ
biblical apocryphal book ⓘ
pseudepigraphal work ⓘ
associatedWithEvent destruction of the Second Temple ⓘ
canonicalStatus apocryphal in most Protestant traditions ⓘ
included in the Apocrypha of the Vulgate ⓘ
included in the Ethiopian Orthodox biblical tradition (as Ezra texts) ⓘ
included in the Slavonic Bible ⓘ
centralTheme divine justice ⓘ
end times ⓘ
fate of Israel ⓘ
final judgment ⓘ
problem of suffering ⓘ
resurrection ⓘ
theodicy ⓘ
contains angelic dialogues ⓘ
revelations about history and the end of the age ⓘ
visions of heavenly realities ⓘ
dateOfComposition late 1st century CE ⓘ
eschatology expectation of a coming messianic age ⓘ
vision of a renewed world ⓘ
genre apocalyptic literature ⓘ
visionary literature ⓘ
hasAlternativeName 4 Ezra ⓘ
linked to: 2 Esdras

Apocalypse of Ezra ⓘ
Esdras B ⓘ
linked to: 2 Esdras

Fourth Book of Ezra ⓘ
linked to: 2 Esdras
includedIn many editions of the biblical Apocrypha ⓘ
influenceOn Christian eschatology ⓘ
Reformation-era theology ⓘ
medieval apocalyptic thought ⓘ
language Armenian (versions) ⓘ
Ethiopic (versions) ⓘ
Georgian (versions) ⓘ
Latin (extant full text) ⓘ
Syriac (versions) ⓘ
mainCharacter Ezra ⓘ
originalLanguage Aramaic (lost or partial) ⓘ
Hebrew (lost) ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Judea ⓘ
questions why the righteous suffer ⓘ
why the wicked prosper ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
setting post-exilic period (literary setting in Ezra’s time) ⓘ
structure Latin tradition includes chapters 1–2 (5 Ezra) and 15–16 (6 Ezra) ⓘ
commonly divided into chapters 3–14 as the Jewish core (4 Ezra) ⓘ
transmission preserved mainly in Latin manuscripts ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

1 Esdras → relatedWork → 2 Esdras ⓘ
2 Esdras → hasAlternativeName → Fourth Book of Ezra ⓘ
linked to: 2 Esdras
2 Esdras → hasAlternativeName → 4 Ezra ⓘ
linked to: 2 Esdras
2 Esdras → hasAlternativeName → Esdras B ⓘ
linked to: 2 Esdras
Apocalypse of Ezra → hasTitleVariant → Fourth Book of Ezra ⓘ
linked to: 2 Esdras
Apocalypse of Ezra → preservedAsPartOf → 2 Esdras in the Latin Bible tradition ⓘ
linked to: 2 Esdras
Archangel Uriel → mentionedIn → 2 Esdras (4 Ezra) ⓘ
linked to: 2 Esdras