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The account of Esdras' translation is found only in the Oriental versions, in the Greek text (''it is not included in the current Septuagint Old Testament of the canonical Greek Bible''). In the Latin translation of the text, it was omitted, because chapters 15 and 16 were added.

The account of Esdras' translation is found only in the Oriental versions, in the Greek text (''it is not included in the current Septuagint Old Testament of the canonical Greek Bible''). In the Latin translation of the text, it was omitted, because chapters 15 and 16 were added.

==Historical-grammatical analysis: Historical setting==

==[[Historical-grammatical method (Literal hermeneutic)|Historical-grammatical]] analysis: Historical setting==

The extant text of 2 Esdras states it was written by "Ezra", the name of the great Jewish priest-scribe and leader who primarily established Second Temple Judaic tradition around 400 B.C. after the Babylonian exile. This same author Ezra is also called "Salathiel" in the book, which could make him the father of the exile leader Zerubbabel, rather than Ezra the Scribe, since Zerubbabel is of the line of David, and Ezra the priest-scribe is of the line of Aaron.

The extant text of 2 Esdras states it was written by "Ezra", the name of the great Jewish priest-scribe and leader who primarily established Second Temple Judaic tradition around 400 B.C. after the Babylonian exile. This same author Ezra is also called "Salathiel" in the book, which could make him the father of the exile leader Zerubbabel, rather than Ezra the Scribe, since Zerubbabel is of the line of David, and Ezra the priest-scribe is of the line of Aaron.