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==Name and canonical status==

==Name and canonical status==

"Esdras" is the Greek word for "Ezra". In the Septuagint it is called ΕΣΔΡΑΣ Α, ESDRAS Ι (the book of 1 Esdras), followed by ΕΣΔΡΑΣ Β, ESDRAS ΙΙ (the book of Ezra), and ΝΕΕΜΙΑΣ, NEHEMIAS (the book of Nehemiah). Most current Ecumenical editions of the Bible give the names of these three books as "1 Esdras", "Ezra" and "Nehemiah". Jerome's [[Vulgate]] places this book after Nehemiah, in the order Ezra, Nehemiah, and 1 Esdras. Thus, in printed Latin and English Bibles of the 17th through 18th and 19th centuries, I Esdras (1 Esdras) is found listed as III Esdras (3 Esdras)—the canonical Book of '''[[Ezra]]''' is called I Esdras (1 Esdras), and the canonical Book of '''[[Nehemiah]]''' is called II Esdras (2 Esdras), hence this book is designated III Esdras (3 Esdras). Some versions of the Bible combine Ezra and Nehemiah as one book called either "Ezra" or "I Esdras". In the Slavonic editions of the Bible the book '''I Esdras''' (''not Ezra'') is called "2 Esdras;" in the Vulgate where Ezra and Nehemiah are separately I Esdras and II Esdras, this book is called "3 Esdras"; and in the [[Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church|Ethiopian Orthodox Bible]] it is called Ezra Kali which means "2 Ezra." The variant names of this book have been a source of some confusion for many beginning students of the Bible.

"Esdras" is the Greek word for "Ezra". In the Septuagint it is called ΕΣΔΡΑΣ Α, ESDRAS Ι (the book of 1 Esdras), followed by ΕΣΔΡΑΣ Β, ESDRAS ΙΙ (the book of Ezra), and ΝΕΕΜΙΑΣ, NEHEMIAS (the book of Nehemiah). Most current Ecumenical editions of the Bible give the names of these three books as "1 Esdras", "Ezra" and "Nehemiah". Jerome's [[Vulgate]] places this book after Nehemiah, in the order Ezra, Nehemiah, and 1 Esdras. Thus, in printed Latin and English Bibles of the 17th through 18th and 19th centuries, I Esdras (1 Esdras) is found listed as III Esdras (3 Esdras)—the canonical Book of '''[[Ezra]]''' is called I Esdras (1 Esdras), and the canonical Book of '''[[Nehemiah]]''' is called II Esdras (2 Esdras), hence this book is designated III Esdras (3 Esdras). Some versions of the Bible combine Ezra and Nehemiah as one book called either "Ezra" or "I Esdras". In the Slavonic editions of the Bible the book '''I Esdras''' (''not Ezra'') is called "2 Esdras"; in the Vulgate where Ezra and Nehemiah are separately I Esdras and II Esdras, this book is called "3 Esdras"; and in the [[Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church|Ethiopian Orthodox Bible]] it is called Ezra Kali which means "2 Ezra." The variant names of this book have been a source of some confusion for many beginning students of the Bible.

The first verse of 1 Esdras in English is:<blockquote>1:1 And Josias held the feast of the passover in Jerusalem unto his Lord, and offered the passover the fourteenth day of the first month</blockquote>

The first verse of 1 Esdras in English is:<blockquote>1:1 And Josias held the feast of the passover in Jerusalem unto his Lord, and offered the passover the fourteenth day of the first month</blockquote>