Apocalypse of Ezra

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The Apocalypse of Ezra is a Jewish apocalyptic text, preserved mainly in the biblical apocrypha as 2 Esdras, that presents visionary dialogues about divine justice, suffering, and the end times.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
2 Esdras 1
Apocalypse of Esdras 1
Apocalypse of Ezra canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish apocalyptic text ⓘ
apocryphal book ⓘ
pseudepigraphal work ⓘ
actualAuthorship anonymous Jewish author ⓘ
angelicInterlocutor Uriel ⓘ
linked to: Archangel Uriel
attributedAuthor Ezra ⓘ
canonicalStatus apocryphal in most Jewish traditions ⓘ
apocryphal in most Protestant traditions ⓘ
canonical in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (as part of 2 Esdras / 4 Ezra tradition) ⓘ
included in the Latin Vulgate appendix ⓘ
centralTheme divine justice ⓘ
end times ⓘ
judgment of the wicked and vindication of the righteous ⓘ
problem of suffering ⓘ
restoration of Israel ⓘ
theodicy ⓘ
containsMotif heavenly journeys and revelations ⓘ
symbolic visions of an eagle and a man from the sea ⓘ
dateOfComposition after the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE ⓘ
late 1st century CE ⓘ
discussesTopic fate of the soul after death ⓘ
hidden revelation and sealed books ⓘ
limited number of the saved ⓘ
genreContext Second Temple Jewish apocalyptic literature ⓘ
hasTitleVariant 2 Esdras ⓘ
linked to: Apocalypse of Ezra

4 Ezra ⓘ
Apocalypse of Esdras ⓘ
linked to: Apocalypse of Ezra

Fourth Book of Ezra ⓘ
linked to: 2 Esdras
influenced early Christian apocalyptic thought ⓘ
medieval Christian eschatology ⓘ
influencedBy 1 Enoch ⓘ
Book of Daniel ⓘ
prophetic literature of the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
language also preserved in Arabic ⓘ
also preserved in Armenian ⓘ
also preserved in Ethiopic (Geʽez) ⓘ
also preserved in Syriac ⓘ
originally composed in Hebrew or Aramaic (lost) ⓘ
preserved mainly in Latin ⓘ
literaryForm apocalypse ⓘ
visionary dialogue ⓘ
mainCharacter Ezra ⓘ
narrativeDevice dialogues between Ezra and an angelic mediator ⓘ
placeOfOrigin likely Palestine or the Land of Israel ⓘ
preservedAsPartOf 2 Esdras in the Latin Bible tradition ⓘ
linked to: 2 Esdras
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
sectionRelation often identified specifically with chapters 3–14 of Latin 2 Esdras ⓘ
structure framed as a series of seven visions ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

2 Esdras → hasAlternativeName → Apocalypse of Ezra ⓘ
מגידו → associatedWith → נבואות אחרית הימים ⓘ
linked to: Apocalypse of Ezra
Apocalypse of Ezra → hasTitleVariant → 2 Esdras ⓘ
linked to: Apocalypse of Ezra
Apocalypse of Ezra → hasTitleVariant → Apocalypse of Esdras ⓘ
linked to: Apocalypse of Ezra