1 Esdras

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Old Testament apocrypha apocryphal book biblical book deuterocanonical book

1 Esdras is a deuterocanonical or apocryphal biblical book, largely paralleling material from 2 Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah, and preserved in the Septuagint tradition.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
3 Esdras in Vulgate tradition 1
Book of Ezra 1
Esdras A 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Old Testament apocrypha ⓘ
apocryphal book ⓘ
biblical book ⓘ
deuterocanonical book ⓘ
basedOn Hebrew texts underlying 2 Chronicles ⓘ
Hebrew texts underlying Ezra ⓘ
Hebrew texts underlying Nehemiah ⓘ
canonicalStatus apocryphal in most Protestant canons ⓘ
deuterocanonical in Eastern Orthodox canon ⓘ
non‑canonical in Jewish Tanakh ⓘ
category Apocrypha (in early editions) ⓘ
surface form: Apocrypha

Deuterocanonical books ⓘ
Deuterocanonical books ⓘ
surface form: Septuagint books
contains account of Cyrus’s decree allowing Jews to return ⓘ
figure of Zerubbabel ⓘ
narrative of Josiah’s Passover ⓘ
public reading of the Law ⓘ
rebuilding of the Jerusalem Temple ⓘ
story of the three bodyguards and the debate on what is strongest ⓘ
focusesOn Temple restoration in Jerusalem ⓘ
covenant renewal ⓘ
return from exile ⓘ
genre historical narrative ⓘ
hasAlternativeName 1 Esdras ⓘ
surface form: 3 Esdras in Vulgate tradition

1 Esdras ⓘ
surface form: Esdras A

1 Esdras ⓘ
surface form: First Esdras
influenced Christian liturgical readings in some traditions ⓘ
language Koine Greek ⓘ
parallels Books of Chronicles ⓘ
surface form: 2 Chronicles

Ezra–Nehemiah ⓘ
surface form: Ezra

Nehemiah ⓘ
partOf Septuagint ⓘ
preservedIn Codex Alexandrinus ⓘ
Codex Sinaiticus ⓘ
Codex Vaticanus ⓘ
Greek Septuagint manuscripts ⓘ
relatedWork Books of Chronicles ⓘ
surface form: 2 Chronicles

2 Esdras ⓘ
1 Esdras self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Book of Ezra

Ezra–Nehemiah ⓘ
surface form: Book of Nehemiah
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy

Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
some Protestant traditions ⓘ
setting Babylonian exile ⓘ
early Persian period ⓘ
late monarchic period of Judah ⓘ
traditionallyAttributedTo Ezra ⓘ
usedBy early Christian writers ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

1 Esdras → hasAlternativeName → 1 Esdras ⓘ
this entity surface form: Esdras A
1 Esdras → hasAlternativeName → 1 Esdras ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Esdras
1 Esdras → hasAlternativeName → 1 Esdras ⓘ
this entity surface form: 3 Esdras in Vulgate tradition
subject surface form: Jehoiachin
1 Esdras → relatedWork → 1 Esdras self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of Ezra