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Contents

Illustrations

Series Editor’s Preface

Preface

1 Introduction to the Continuing Story of Ezra, Scribe and Priest

2 The Historical Ezra

3 Ezra in the Hebrew Bible

4 First, or Greek, Esdras—The Law Triumphant

5 Fourth Ezra—The Ezra Apocalypse

6 The Christian Additions to the Ezra Apocalypse

7 Ezra Ascends to Heaven and Goes to Hell

8 Ezra among Christians, Samaritans, Muslims, and Jews of Late Antiquity

9 Ezra in Modern Scholarship

Postscript: Reflections on Ezra and the Law

Appendix 1: Chronology

Appendix 2: Versions and Translations of 4 Ezra

Notes

Bibliography

Index of Ancient Sources

Index of Modern Authors

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