4 Ezra: The Apocalypse of Ezra

2 Esdras — Complete Edition

4 Ezra is a philosophical and apocalyptic masterpiece, the wrestling of a Jewish sage with the question of divine justice in the aftermath of Rome’s destruction of Jerusalem. Ezra argues with an angel over seven visions, demanding to understand why the righteous suffer, why God permits evil, why Israel has been abandoned. The angel’s answers are not satisfying. Ezra keeps arguing. This is a text t

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TraditionMystery Schools

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01 / Historical context

Written circa 100 AD. Included in the Latin Vulgate as 2 Esdras. Removed from the Catholic Bible at the Council of Trent, 1546.

02 / Why it matters

In your Bible for a thousand years. Removed 1546. Here restored.

From / associated with the text

““For the world hath lost its youth, and the times begin to wax old. For the pitcher is ever nearer to the cistern of doom.””

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4 Ezra: The Apocalypse of Ezra

Context without the mythology.

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