Editing 2 Esdras (section)

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As with [[1 Esdras]], some confusion exists about the numbering of this book. The Vulgate of Jerome includes only a single book of [[Ezra–Nehemiah|Ezra]], but in the [[Sixto-Clementine Vulgate|Clementine Vulgate]], 1, 2, 3 and 4 Esdras are separate books. Protestant writers, after the [[Geneva Bible]], called 1 and 2 Esdras of the Vulgate [[Book of Ezra|Ezra]] and [[Book of Nehemiah|Nehemiah]], respectively, and called 3 and 4 Esdras of the Vulgate [[1 Esdras]] and 2 Esdras, respectively. These then became the common names for these books in English Bibles.<ref>"Esdras." [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05535a.htm ''Catholic Encyclopedia''].</ref>

Medieval Latin manuscripts denoted it 4 Esdras, which to this day is the name used for chapters 3–14 in modern critical editions,<ref>Bensley, R. ''The Fourth Book of Ezra, the Latin Edition edited from the MSS'' Cambridge 1895</ref><ref>Metzger, B. M. "The Fourth Book of Ezra". In J. Charlesworth, ed., ''The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha''. vol 1, p. 517ss.</ref> which are typically in [[Latin]], the language of its most complete exemplars.<ref>See for example Souvay, C. (1909). Esdras. In ''[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05535a.htm The Catholic Encyclopedia]''. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Retrieved January 10, 2020 from New Advent.</ref>

It appears in the Appendix to the Old Testament in the [[Slavonic Bible]], where it is called 3 Esdras, and the [[Georgian Orthodox]] Bible numbers it 3 Ezra. This text is sometimes also known as Apocalypse of Ezra — chapters 3–14 known as the Jewish Apocalypse of Ezra or 4 Ezra; in modern critical editions, chapters 1–2 are named as 5 Ezra, and chapters 15–16 as 6 Ezra.

Bogaert speculates that the "fourth book of Ezra" referred to by Jerome most likely corresponds to modern 5 Ezra and 6 Ezra combined, and notes a number of Latin manuscripts where these chapters are together in an appendix.<ref>{{Cite journal|volume=110|pages=5–26|last=Bogaert|first=Pierre-Maurice|title=Les livres d'Esdras et leur numérotation dans l'histoire du canon de la Bible latin|journal=Revue Bénédictine|date=2000|issue=1–2|doi=10.1484/J.RB.5.100750}}</ref>