Editing 2 Esdras (section)

===5 Ezra<!--'5 Ezra' redirects here-->===
The first two chapters of 2 Esdras are found only in the Latin version of the book, and are called 5 Ezra by scholars.<ref name="Char">See for example B. M. Metzger, "The Fourth Book of Ezra", in Charlesworth, James H. (ed.) ''The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, Vol 1'' (1983). Garden City, NY: Doubleday. p. 517. {{ISBN|978-0-385-09630-0}}</ref> They are considered by most scholars to be Christian in origin; they assert [[God]]'s rejection of the Jews and describe a vision of the [[Son of God]]. These are generally considered to be late additions (possibly third century) to the work.