Editing 1 Esdras (section)

==Nomenclature==
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The book normally called 1 Esdras is numbered differently among various versions of the Bible. In most editions of the [[Septuagint]], the book is titled in Greek: {{lang|grc|Ἔσδρας Αʹ}} and is placed before the single book of [[Ezra–Nehemiah]], which is titled in Greek: [[Ezra–Nehemiah|Ἔσδρας Βʹ]].

1 Esdras is called 3 Esdras in the Latin Vulgate, which was translation from the Greek version of the Septuagint called Esdras A.<ref>The '''Latin Versions of First Esdras''', Harry Clinton York, [https://www.jstor.org/pss/527826 ''The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures''], Vol. 26, No. 4 (Jul., 1910), pp. 253–302</ref>

The Vulgate denoted 1 Esdras (Ezra) and 2 Esdras (Nehemiah) respectively. Vulgate Bible editions of the 13th century, and in what later became the usage of the [[Clementine Vulgate]] and the Anglican [[thirty-nine articles|Articles of Religion]], the [[Book of Ezra]] is applied to '1 Esdras'; while the [[Book of Nehemiah]] corresponds to '2 Esdras'; Esdras 1 (Esdras A in the Septuagint) corresponds to 3 Esdras and finally 2 Esdras, an additional work associated with the name Ezra, is denoted '4 Esdras' (It is called '2 Esdras' in the [[King James Version]] and in most modern English bibles). 3 Esdras continues to be accepted as canonical by Eastern Orthodoxy and the [[Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church]], with 4 Esdras varying in canonicity between particular denominations within the Eastern churches.<ref>{{cite web |title=Are Esras 1 and 2 Canonical |url=https://www.catholic.com/qa/are-1-and-2-esdras-non-canonical-books |website=Catholic Answers |access-date=7 December 2018}}</ref>

Overwhelmingly, citations in early Christian writings claimed from the scriptural 'Book of Ezra' (without any qualification) are taken from 1 Esdras, and never from the 'Ezra' sections of [[Ezra–Nehemiah]] (Septuagint 'Esdras B'), the majority of early citations being taken from the 1 Esdras section containing the '[[Tale of the Three Guardsmen]]', which is interpreted as [[Christology|Christological]] prophecy.<ref name="Bogaert" />

===Summary===
* [[Septuagint]] and its derivative translations: {{lang|grc|Ἔσδρας Αʹ}} 
* [[King James Version]] and many<ref name="most">Including [[Revised Standard Version|RSV]], [[New Revised Standard Version|NRSV]], [[New English Bible|NEB]], [[Revised English Bible|REB]], and [[Good News Bible|GNB]]</ref> successive English translations: 1 Esdras
* Clementine [[Vulgate]] and its derivative translations: 3 Esdras
* [[Slavonic Bible]]: 2 Esdras
* Romanian Synodal Version: III Ezdra<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bibliaortodoxa.ro/|title=Biblia sau Sfanta Scriptura}}</ref>
* [[Ethiopic Bible]]: Ezra Kali<ref>[[Ethiopian language|Ethiopian]] ''Ezra Kali'' means "2 Ezra".</ref>