The First and Second Books of Esdras

The two books of the Apocrypha treated here have little in common apart from the attribution of their authorship to Ezra (Esdras in Greek), the 'second founder' of Judaism.

Richard J. Coggins (Author), M. A. Knibb (Author)

9780521097574, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 21 June 1979

328 pages
20.3 x 12.7 x 1.9 cm, 0.36 kg

The two books of the Apocrypha treated here have little in common apart from the attribution of their authorship to Ezra (Esdras in Greek), the 'second founder' of Judaism. The commentators resolve the confusion arising from different ways of referring to the various Ezra writings before examining each book separately.

The First book of Esdras
The Second book of Esdras.

Subject Areas: Religion: general [HRA]