pseudonymous · Presented as a prophecy of Ezra; a Christian composition prefixed to the Latin 4 Ezra (2 Esdras 1–2 in the Vulgate appendix). Not by Ezra.
Standing
Not honoured as a saint or in a church calendar by the Catholic, Orthodox, or Protestant traditions. Anonymous or pseudonymous work read and used in the church of its time.
Date
2nd–3rd century (disputed) · Usually dated to the second century (after 135) or the third; not securely fixed.
Written at
unknown (disputed)
Language
Latin
Genre
other
Reference system
Chapter and verse as in the Latin 4 Ezra (2 Esdras) 1–2, Bensly's margin numbers.
SBL abbreviation
5 EzraNot yet checked
Clavis
CANT (not yet checked)
Text from
R. L. Bensly and M. R. James, The Fourth Book of Ezra: The Latin Version Edited from the MSS, Texts and Studies 3.2 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1895), pp. 1–6 (chapters 1–2) and 72–81 (chapters 15–16), text of the French manuscripts S and A (Printed edition in the public domain)
Critical editions
A. F. J. Klijn, Der lateinische Text der Apokalypse des Esra, TU 131 (Berlin, 1983) (cited, not reproduced)