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4 Esdras

4 Esdras is not in the LXX but the Vulgate calls it 4 Esdras and is not included in Medieval literature. According to wikipedia, 

4 Ezra (2 Esdras 3–14): probably written in Hebrew by a Jew.
5 Ezra (2 Esdras 1–2): probably Latin by a Christian.
6 Ezra (2 Esdras 15–16): probably Greek by a Levantine Christian.


St. Ambrose of Milan cited it with special frequency.  Such was its popularity that St. Jerome translated it as part of the Old Testament of the Vulgate, though he placed it in an appendix with other popular texts which he personally did not hold to be canonical.  It was well known in the West in its Latin form until the time of the Protestant Reformation.  Christopher Columbus cited 4 Ezra 6:2 as one of his proofs of the world’s composition in his appeal to the Catholic Monarchs for funding.  It is likewise found in Ethiopian and Armenian Old Testaments, and importantly for the Orthodox Church, in the Georgian, through which the text found its way into the Slavonic Biblical tradition.  It has been included in every approved Slavonic and Russian printed Bible.  4 Ezra is therefore a text at the fringe of the Old Testament tradition, either just in or just out depending upon the linguistic tradition of Orthodoxy in which one is located.

Title - Thesis
Scroll
Short Description
Synthesis 2nd Temple
Antithesis
Synthesis Apostolic
Synthesis Amoraim
Continent Origin
Southern Worldview
Northern Worldview
4 Esdras
Scroll 45
Story of apocalyptic visions
NA
Latin Ezra
Apocrypha
2 Esdras
Africa
Apocalyptic
NA
Category Reference Guide 
 

Title/Thesis - The name of the book in American English

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Synthesis 2nd Temple - The name of the book in order of its presentation other than the Apostles, ranging from 2nd temple Judaism up to the 1st century

Antithesis - The name of the book in another language

Synthesis Apostolic - The identity of the book in order of its presentation according to Tradition in the church after the 3rd century

Synthesis Amoraim - The name of the book in order of its presentation other than the Apostles, ranging from Tannaim up to the 5th century​

Continent Origin - Continent from where the Text Type Source comes from

Southern Worldview - Catalog strategy for storing the scrolls include the interpretation. South means Africa or Egypt (Alexandrian) such as LXX. South of Palestine.​

Northern Worldview - Catalog strategy for storing the scrolls include the interpretation. North means Asia or Persia (Babylonian) such as Masoretic. North of Palestine.

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Latin Ezra

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The Adoration of the Magi (wise men from the East): Melchior, Caspar, and Balthasar with the Shepherds of Bethlehem Commemorated every December 24 in the Roman Catholic (Gregorian Calendar aka Revised Julian Calendar or New Style) and January 6 in the Orthodox Tradition (Julian Calendar aka Old Style).

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