Editing Esdras (section)

==Naming conventions==
The books associated with Ezra are titled differently in different [[Bible translations|versions of the Bible]]. The following table summarizes the various names:

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Overview of Biblical books named "Esdras"
|-
!scope="col"|'''#'''
!scope="col"|'''[[Masorete|Masoretic]] [[Hebrew]]'''
!scope="col"|'''Most [[Bible translations into English|English versions]]'''{{Efn|Including [[King James Bible|KJB]], [[Revised Standard Version|RSV]], [[New Revised Standard Version|NRSV]], [[English Standard Version|ESV]], [[Common English Bible|CEB]], [[New English Bible|NEB]], [[Revised English Bible|REB]], and [[Good News Bible|GNB]]|name=Bibles list|group=}}
!scope="col"|'''[[Vulgate|Jerome's Vulgate]]'''
!scope="col"|'''[[Clementine Vulgate]],<br>[[Douay–Rheims Bible|English Douay–Rheims]]'''
!scope="col"|'''[[Vetus Latina]]'''<ref>{{Citation |last=Bogaert|first=Pierre-Maurice |contribution=The Latin Bible |editor1-last=Paget |editor1-first=James Carleton |editor2-last=Schaper |editor2-first=Joachim |title=The New Cambridge History of the Bible; Volume 1; from the Beginnings to 600 |pages=511|publisher=CUP|year=2013|quote="1 and 2 Esdras refers to 3 Esdras (A Esdras in Greek) and Esdras-Nehemiah (B Esdras in Greek).}}</ref>
!scope="col"|'''[[Septuagint|Septuagint (LXX)]]'''
!scope="col"|'''[[Orthodox Tewahedo biblical canon|Ethiopic version]]'''<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Cowley|first1=R. W.|title=The Biblical Canon Of The Ethiopian Orthodox Church Today|journal=Ostkirchliche Studien|date=1974|volume=23|pages=318–323|url=http://www.islamic-awareness.org/Bible/Text/Canon/ethiopican.html|access-date=30 March 2016}}</ref>
!scope="col" colspan="3"|'''Alternative names'''
|-
|1
|rowspan="2"|[[Ezra–Nehemiah|Ezra]]
|[[Book of Ezra|Ezra]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Ezra–Nehemiah|Ezra]]
|[[Book of Ezra|1 Esdras]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Ezra–Nehemiah|2 Esdras]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Ezra–Nehemiah|Esdras B]]<br>Ἔσδρας βʹ
 |rowspan="2"|[[Ezra–Nehemiah|1 Ezra]]
|rowspan="2" colspan="3"|[[Ezra–Nehemiah]]
|-
|2
|[[Book of Nehemiah|Nehemiah]]
|[[Book of Nehemiah|2 Esdras]]<br><small>[[Book of Nehemiah|(Nehemias)]]</small>
|-
|3
|rowspan="4"| ''absent''
|[[1 Esdras]] ([[Apocrypha]])
|rowspan="4"| ''absent''
|[[1 Esdras|3 Esdras]] (Apocrypha)
|[[1 Esdras]]
|[[1 Esdras|Esdras A]]<br>Ἔσδρας α'
|[[1 Esdras|2 Ezra]]
|colspan="3"|[[1 Esdras|Greek Esdras or 3 Ezra]]
|-
|4
|rowspan="3"|[[2 Esdras]] (Apocrypha)
|rowspan="3"|[[2 Esdras|4 Esdras]] (Apocrypha)
|rowspan="3"|''absent''
|rowspan="3"|''absent''
|[[2 Esdras|Ezra Sutuel]]
|<small>(Ch. 3–14)</small>
|[[2 Esdras#4 Ezra|4 Ezra]]<br>''or'' [[Jewish Apocalypse of Ezra]]<br>''or'' Apocalyptic Esdras
|rowspan="3"|[[2 Esdras|Latin Esdras]] 
|-
|5
|rowspan="2"|''absent''
| <small>(Ch. 1–2)</small>
|[[2 Esdras#5 Ezra|5 Ezra]]
|-
|6
|<small>(Ch. 15–16)</small>
|[[2 Esdras#6 Ezra|6 Ezra]]
|}

The [[Thirty-nine Articles]] that define the [[doctrines]] of the [[Church of England]] follow the [[naming convention]] of the [[Clementine Vulgate]]. Likewise, the [[Vulgate]] numbering is often used by [[Biblical scholarship|modern scholars]], who nevertheless use the name '''Ezra''' to avoid confusion with the Greek and [[Old Church Slavonic|Slavonic]] enumerations: [[Book of Ezra|1 Ezra]] (Ezra), [[Book of Nehemiah|2 Ezra]] (Nehemiah), [[1 Esdras|3 Ezra]] (Esdras A/1 Esdras), [[Jewish Apocalypse of Ezra|4 Ezra]] (chapters 3–14 of 4 Esdras), [[5 Ezra]] (chapters 1–2 of 4 Esdras) and [[6 Ezra]] (chapters 15–16 of 4 Esdras). Otherwise, modern scholars sometimes apply the term 'Greek Esdras' for [[1 Esdras|3 Ezra]], and '[[Latin]] Esdras' for [[2 Esdras|4 Ezra, 5 Ezra and 6 Ezra]] together.

[[Ambrose|Ambrose of Milan]] referred to 1 Esdras as the 'first book of Esdras', Ezra–Nehemiah as the 'second book of Esdras', and 2 Esdras as the 'third book of Esdras'.<ref name="Ambrose"/> Some English [[translations]] of the [[Septuagint]], such as the ''[[New English Translation of the Septuagint]]'', refer to Esdras A as 1 Esdras, and Esdras B (Ezra-Nehemiah) as 2 Esdras.<ref name="NETS">{{cite book |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2007 |title=New English Translation of the Septuagint |location=Oxford |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=978-0-19-528975-6|url= https://septuaginta.uni-goettingen.de/ioscs/nets/edition}}</ref>