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Chart of Ezra Books
There was an extraordinarily useful chart that
was included in the second edition of the Oxford Annotated
Bible which, for some unfathomable reason, is lacking from the third edition.
The chart was created by
Bruce M. Metzger, and is found on page AP xiii. I recreate it here below,
with the addition of another row,
"Scholarly Literature,"
in which I've added the list of standard English-language scholarly references
to
these books.
| Version/ Document |
Old Testament book of Ezra |
Old Testament book of Nehemiah |
Paraphrase of 2 Chronicles chs 35--36; the whole book of Ezra; Nehemiah 7.38-- 8.12; plus a tale about Darius' bodyguards |
The Ezra Apocalypse |
| Greek Bible (Septuagint) |
2 Esdras | 1 Esdras | ||
| Latin Vulgate Bible |
1 Esdras | 2 Esdras | 3 Esdras | 4 Esdras |
| Many later Latin manuscripts |
1 Esdras | 3 Esdras | 2 Esdras = chs 1-2 4 Esdras = chs 3-14 5 Esdras = chs 15-16 |
|
| Douay English Version (1609-1610) |
1 Esdras | 2 Esdras | 3 Esdras | 4 Esdras |
| Russian Bible, Moscow Patriarchate (1956) |
1 Esdras | Nehemiah | 2 Esdras | 3 Esdras |
| King James and New Revised Standard Version |
Ezra | Nehemiah | 1 Esdras | 2 Esdras |
| Scholarly Literature | Ezra | Nehemiah | 3 Ezra | 5 Ezra = chs 1-2 4 Ezra = chs 3-14 6 Ezra = chs 15-16 |