Deuterocanon & Apocrypha · 16 chapters
2 Esdras
Visions and dialogues attributed to Ezra wrestle with suffering, justice, the fate of Israel and the world to come.
Place in the traditions
Found in some biblical appendices and Apocrypha collections; its status and name vary by tradition. Not part of the Catholic or standard Protestant canon.
Catholic canon · WEB collection and contentsThe edition you are reading
World English Bible (WEB), Deuterocanon/Apocrypha. Public-domain text from eBible.org. This collection brings together works received differently by different churches; inclusion here does not assign them all the same canonical status. Source verse numbering is retained, including gaps where the source has no text. This is the sixteen-chapter work called 2 Esdras in the WEB; the source download identifies it as 4ES. It includes the central apocalypse commonly called 4 Ezra.
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