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2 Esdras

Index 2 Esdras

2 Esdras is an apocalyptic book in some English versions of the Bible. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 88 relations: Ambrose, Apocalypse, Apocalypticism, Apocrypha, Arabic, Archangel, Armenian Apostolic Church, Armenian language, Babylon, Babylonian captivity, Bible, Bible translations into English, Bible translations into Slavic languages, Biblical apocrypha, Biblical canon, Book of Daniel, Book of Ezra, Book of Nehemiah, Born again, Catholic Church, Catholic Monarchs of Spain, Christopher Columbus, Church Fathers, Church Slavonic, Codex Colbertinus, Codex Sangermanensis I, Domitian, Douay–Rheims Bible, Eastern Orthodox Church, Elizabeth Bible, Eschatology, Esdras, Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, Ezra, Ezra–Nehemiah, Geʽez, Geneva Bible, Georgian language, Georgian Orthodox Church, God, Good News Bible, Greek Apocalypse of Ezra, Greek language, Jerome, Jews, Job (biblical figure), King James Version, Kohen, Last Judgment, Latin, ... Expand index (38 more) »

  2. 1st-century Christian texts
  3. 1st-century books
  4. 3rd-century Christian texts
  5. 3rd-century books
  6. Jewish apocrypha
  7. Jewish eschatology
  8. Old Testament apocrypha
  9. Old Testament books
  10. Texts attributed to Ezra

Ambrose

Ambrose of Milan (Aurelius Ambrosius; 4 April 397), venerated as Saint Ambrose, was a theologian and statesman who served as Bishop of Milan from 374 to 397.

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Apocalypse

Apocalypse is a literary genre originating in Judaism in the centuries following the Babylonian exile (597-587 BCE) but persisting in Christianity and Islam.

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Apocalypticism

Apocalypticism is the religious belief that the end of the world is imminent, even within one's own lifetime.

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Apocrypha

Apocrypha are biblical or related writings not forming part of the accepted canon of scripture.

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Arabic

Arabic (اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ, or عَرَبِيّ, or) is a Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world.

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Archangel

Archangels are described as the second-lowest rank of angel in De Coelesti Hierarchia (On the Celestial Hierarchy) written by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite in the 5th or 6th century.

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Armenian Apostolic Church

The Armenian Apostolic Church (translit) is the national church of Armenia.

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Armenian language

Armenian (endonym) is an Indo-European language and the sole member of the independent branch of the Armenian language family.

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Babylon

Babylon was an ancient city located on the lower Euphrates river in southern Mesopotamia, within modern-day Hillah, Iraq, about 85 kilometers (55 miles) south of modern day Baghdad.

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Babylonian captivity

The Babylonian captivity or Babylonian exile was the period in Jewish history during which a large number of Judeans from the ancient Kingdom of Judah were forcibly relocated to Babylonia by the Neo-Babylonian Empire.

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Bible

The Bible (from Koine Greek τὰ βιβλία,, 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures, some, all, or a variant of which are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, Islam, the Baha'i Faith, and other Abrahamic religions.

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Bible translations into English

Partial Bible translations into languages of the English people can be traced back to the late 7th century, including translations into Old and Middle English.

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Bible translations into Slavic languages

The history of all Bible translations into Slavic languages begins with Bible translations into Church Slavonic.

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Biblical apocrypha

The biblical apocrypha denotes the collection of apocryphal ancient books thought to have been written some time between 200 BC and 100 AD. 2 Esdras and biblical apocrypha are Old Testament apocrypha.

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Biblical canon

A biblical canon is a set of texts (also called "books") which a particular Jewish or Christian religious community regards as part of the Bible.

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Book of Daniel

The Book of Daniel is a 2nd-century BC biblical apocalypse with a 6th century BC setting. 2 Esdras and Book of Daniel are Jewish eschatology.

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Book of Ezra

The Book of Ezra is a book of the Hebrew Bible which formerly included the Book of Nehemiah in a single book, commonly distinguished in scholarship as Ezra–Nehemiah. 2 Esdras and book of Ezra are Old Testament books.

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Book of Nehemiah

The Book of Nehemiah in the Hebrew Bible, largely takes the form of a first-person memoir by Nehemiah, a Jew who is a high official at the Persian court, concerning the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile and the dedication of the city and its people to God's laws (Torah). 2 Esdras and Book of Nehemiah are Old Testament books.

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Born again

To be born again, or to experience the new birth, is a phrase, particularly in evangelicalism, that refers to a "spiritual rebirth", or a regeneration of the human spirit.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Catholic Monarchs of Spain

The Catholic Monarchs were Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon, whose marriage and joint rule marked the de facto unification of Spain.

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Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus (between 25 August and 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa who completed four Spanish-based voyages across the Atlantic Ocean sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs, opening the way for the widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas.

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Church Fathers

The Church Fathers, Early Church Fathers, Christian Fathers, or Fathers of the Church were ancient and influential Christian theologians and writers who established the intellectual and doctrinal foundations of Christianity.

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Church Slavonic

Church Slavonic is the conservative Slavic liturgical language used by the Eastern Orthodox Church in Belarus, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Ukraine, Russia, Serbia, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Slovenia and Croatia.

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Codex Colbertinus

Codex Colbertinus, designated by 6 or c, is a Latin manuscript of the Bible.

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Codex Sangermanensis I

The Codex Sangermanensis I, designated by g1 or 7 (in Beuron system), is a Latin manuscript, dated AD 822 of portions of the Old Testament and the New Testament.

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Domitian

Domitian (Domitianus; 24 October 51 – 18 September 96) was Roman emperor from 81 to 96.

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Douay–Rheims Bible

The Douay–Rheims Bible, also known as the Douay–Rheims Version, Rheims–Douai Bible or Douai Bible, and abbreviated as D–R, DRB, and DRV, is a translation of the Bible from the Latin Vulgate into English made by members of the English College, Douai, in the service of the Catholic Church.

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Eastern Orthodox Church

The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, and also called the Greek Orthodox Church or simply the Orthodox Church, is the second-largest Christian church, with approximately 230 million baptised members.

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Elizabeth Bible

The Elizabeth Bible (Yelizavetinskaya Bibliya) is the authorized version of the Bible used by the Russian Orthodox Church.

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Eschatology

Eschatology concerns expectations of the end of present age, human history, or the world itself.

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Esdras

The name "Esdras" is found in the title of four texts (entitled Ezra, Nehemiah, 1 Esdras, 2 Esdras in most English versions) attributed to, or associated with, the prophet Ezra.

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Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church

The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን, Yäityop'ya ortodoks täwahedo bétäkrestyan) is the largest of the Oriental Orthodox Churches.

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Ezra

Ezra (fl. 480–440 BCE) was an important Jewish scribe (sofer) and priest (kohen) in the early Second Temple period.

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Ezra–Nehemiah

Ezra–Nehemiah (עזרא נחמיה) is a book in the Hebrew Bible found in the Ketuvim section, originally with the Hebrew title of Ezra (עזרא) and called Esdras B (Ἔσδρας Βʹ) in the Septuagint.

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Geʽez

Geez (or; ግዕዝ, and sometimes referred to in scholarly literature as Classical Ethiopic) is an ancient South Semitic language.

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Geneva Bible

The Geneva Bible is one of the most historically significant translations of the Bible into English, preceding the King James Version by 51 years.

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Georgian language

Georgian (ქართული ენა) is the most widely spoken Kartvelian language; it serves as the literary language or lingua franca for speakers of related languages.

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Georgian Orthodox Church

The Apostolic Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Georgia (tr), commonly known as the Georgian Orthodox Church or the Orthodox Church of Georgia, is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church in full communion with the other churches of Eastern Orthodoxy.

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God

In monotheistic belief systems, God is usually viewed as the supreme being, creator, and principal object of faith.

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Good News Bible

Good News Bible (GNB), also called the Good News Translation (GNT) in the United States, is an English translation of the Bible by the American Bible Society.

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Greek Apocalypse of Ezra

The Greek Apocalypse of Ezra, also known as the Word and Revelation of Esdras, is a pseudepigraphal work written in the name of the biblical scribe Ezra. 2 Esdras and Greek Apocalypse of Ezra are texts attributed to Ezra.

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Greek language

Greek (Elliniká,; Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean.

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Jerome

Jerome (Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus; Εὐσέβιος Σωφρόνιος Ἱερώνυμος; – 30 September 420), also known as Jerome of Stridon, was an early Christian priest, confessor, theologian, translator, and historian; he is commonly known as Saint Jerome.

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Jews

The Jews (יְהוּדִים) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites of the ancient Near East, and whose traditional religion is Judaism.

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Job (biblical figure)

Job (אִיּוֹב Īyyōv; Ἰώβ Iṓb) is the central figure of the Book of Job in the Bible.

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King James Version

on the title-page of the first edition and in the entries in works like the "Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church", etc.--> The King James Version (KJV), also the King James Bible (KJB) and the Authorized Version (AV), is an Early Modern English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England, which was commissioned in 1604 and published in 1611, by sponsorship of King James VI and I.

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Kohen

Kohen (כֹּהֵן, kōhēn,, "priest", pl., kōhănīm,, "priests") is the Hebrew word for "priest", used in reference to the Aaronic priesthood, also called Aaronites or Aaronides.

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Last Judgment

The Last Judgment, Final Judgment, Day of Reckoning, Day of Judgment, Judgment Day, Doomsday, Day of Resurrection or The Day of the Lord (translit or label) is a concept found across the Abrahamic religions and the Frashokereti of Zoroastrianism.

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Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Lion

The lion (Panthera leo) is a large cat of the genus Panthera, native to Africa and India.

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M. R. James

Montague Rhodes James (1 August 1862 – 12 June 1936) was an English medievalist scholar and author who served as provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–1918), and of Eton College (1918–1936) as well as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge (1913–1915).

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Messiah

In Abrahamic religions, a messiah or messias is a saviour or liberator of a group of people. 2 Esdras and messiah are Jewish eschatology.

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New English Bible

The New English Bible (NEB) is an English translation of the Bible.

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New Revised Standard Version

The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) is a translation of the Bible in contemporary English.

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Non-canonical books referenced in the Bible

The non-canonical books referenced in the Bible includes non-Biblical cultures and lost works of known or unknown status. 2 Esdras and non-canonical books referenced in the Bible are Old Testament apocrypha.

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Old Testament

The Old Testament (OT) is the first division of the Christian biblical canon, which is based primarily upon the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible, or Tanakh, a collection of ancient religious Hebrew and occasionally Aramaic writings by the Israelites.

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Ostrog Bible

The Ostrog Bible (translit; translit) was the first complete printed edition of the Bible in Church Slavonic, published in Ostrog (now Ostroh, Ukraine) in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth by the printer Ivan Fyodorov in 1581 with the assistance of Konstantin Ostrogski.

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Pope Clement VIII

Pope Clement VIII (Clemens VIII; Clemente VIII; 24 February 1536 – 3 March 1605), born Ippolito Aldobrandini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 2 February 1592 to his death, in March 1605.

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Prayer of Manasseh

The Prayer of Manasseh is a short, penitential prayer attributed to king Manasseh of Judah. 2 Esdras and prayer of Manasseh are Jewish apocrypha.

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Predestination

Predestination, in theology, is the doctrine that all events have been willed by God, usually with reference to the eventual fate of the individual soul.

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Protestantism

Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes justification of sinners through faith alone, the teaching that salvation comes by unmerited divine grace, the priesthood of all believers, and the Bible as the sole infallible source of authority for Christian faith and practice.

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Psalm 78

Psalm 78 is the 78th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "Give ear, O my people, to my law".

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Requiem

A Requiem (Latin: rest) or Requiem Mass, also known as Mass for the dead (Missa pro defunctis) or Mass of the dead (Missa defunctorum), is a Mass of the Catholic Church offered for the repose of the soul or souls of one or more deceased persons, using a particular form of the Roman Missal.

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Revised English Bible

The Revised English Bible (REB) is a 1989 English-language translation of the Bible that updates the New English Bible (NEB) of 1970.

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Revised Standard Version

The Revised Standard Version (RSV) is an English translation of the Bible published in 1952 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA.

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Robert Lubbock Bensly

Robert Lubbock Bensly (born in Eaton, Norwich, England, 24 August 1831; died in Cambridge, 23 April 1893) was an English orientalist.

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Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the state ruled by the Romans following Octavian's assumption of sole rule under the Principate in 27 BC, the post-Republican state of ancient Rome.

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Roman Missal

The Roman Missal (Missale Romanum) is the title of several missals used in the celebration of the Roman Rite.

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Russian Synodal Bible

The Russian Synodal Bible (Синодальный перевод, The Synodal Translation) is a Russian non-Church Slavonic translation of the Bible commonly used by the Russian Orthodox Church, Catholic, as well as Russian Baptists and other Protestant communities in Russia.

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Second Temple

The Second Temple was the reconstructed Temple in Jerusalem, in use between and its destruction in 70 CE.

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Septuagint

The Septuagint, sometimes referred to as the Greek Old Testament or The Translation of the Seventy (Hē metáphrasis tôn Hebdomḗkonta), and often abbreviated as LXX, is the earliest extant Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible from the original Hebrew.

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Shealtiel

Shealtiel (שְׁאַלְתִּיאֵל), transliterated in Greek as Salathiel (Σαλαθιηλ), was the son of Jehoiachin, king of Judah (1 Chronicles). The Gospel of Matthew 1:12 also list Shealtiel as the son of Jeconiah (line of Solomon).

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Sofer

A sofer, sopher, sofer SeTaM, or sofer ST"M (סופר סת״ם, "scribe"; plural, סופרים) is a Jewish scribe who can transcribe Sifrei Kodesh (holy scrolls), tefillin (phylacteries), mezuzot (ST"M, סת״ם, is an abbreviation of these three terms) and other religious writings.

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Son of God

Historically, many rulers have assumed titles such as the son of God, the son of a god or the son of heaven.

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Stuttgart Vulgate

The Stuttgart Vulgate or Weber-Gryson Vulgate (full title: Biblia Sacra iuxta vulgatam versionem) is a critical edition of the Vulgate first published in 1969.

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Syriac language

The Syriac language (Leššānā Suryāyā), also known natively in its spoken form in early Syriac literature as Edessan (Urhāyā), the Mesopotamian language (Nahrāyā) and Aramaic (Aramāyā), is an Eastern Middle Aramaic dialect. Classical Syriac is the academic term used to refer to the dialect's literary usage and standardization, distinguishing it from other Aramaic dialects also known as 'Syriac' or 'Syrian'.

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Thirty-nine Articles

The Thirty-nine Articles of Religion (commonly abbreviated as the Thirty-nine Articles or the XXXIX Articles), finalised in 1571, are the historically defining statements of doctrines and practices of the Church of England with respect to the controversies of the English Reformation.

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Titus

Titus Caesar Vespasianus (30 December 39 – 13 September AD 81) was Roman emperor from 79 to 81.

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Torah

The Torah (תּוֹרָה, "Instruction", "Teaching" or "Law") is the compilation of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, namely the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.

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Triple-headed eagle

The three-headed eagle, also called triple-headed eagle, is a mythological or heraldic bird, as it were an augmented version of the double-headed eagle.

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Uriel

Uriel, Auriel (אוּרִיאֵל ʾŪrīʾēl, "El/God is my flame"; Οὐριήλ Oúriḗl; ⲟⲩⲣⲓⲏⲗ Ouriēl; Uriele; Geʽez and Amharic: ዑራኤል or ዑርኤል) or Oriel is the name of one of the archangels who is mentioned in the post-exilic rabbinic tradition and in certain Christian traditions.

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Vespasian

Vespasian (Vespasianus; 17 November AD 9 – 23 June 79) was Roman emperor from 69 to 79.

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Vision of Ezra

The Vision of Ezra ("Vision of the Blessed Ezra") is an ancient apocryphal text purportedly written by the biblical scribe Ezra. 2 Esdras and Vision of Ezra are texts attributed to Ezra.

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Vulgate

The Vulgate is a late-4th-century Latin translation of the Bible.

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1 Esdras

1 Esdras (Ἔσδρας Αʹ), also Esdras A, Greek Esdras, Greek Ezra, or 3 Esdras, is the ancient Greek Septuagint version of the biblical Book of Ezra in use within the early church, and among many modern Christians with varying degrees of canonicity. 2 Esdras and 1 Esdras are 1st-century books, Jewish apocrypha and texts attributed to Ezra.

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1517 Media

1517 Media, formerly Augsburg Fortress Press, is the official publishing house of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).

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2 Baruch

2 Baruch is a Jewish apocryphal text thought to have been written in the late 1st century CE or early 2nd century CE, after the destruction of the Temple in CE 70. 2 Esdras and 2 Baruch are Jewish apocrypha and Jewish eschatology.

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See also

1st-century Christian texts

1st-century books

3rd-century Christian texts

3rd-century books

Jewish apocrypha

Jewish eschatology

Old Testament apocrypha

Old Testament books

Texts attributed to Ezra

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_Esdras

Also known as 2 Ezra, 4 Esdras, 4 Ezra, 5 Ezra, 6 Ezra, Apocalypse of Esdras, Fourth Book of Esdras, Fourth Book of Ezra, II Esdras, IV Esdras, Jewish Apocalypse of Ezra, Latin Apocalypse of Ezra, Latin Esdras, Latin Ezra, Second Book of Esdras.

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