Naming Conventions
The books associated with the scribe Ezra are titled differently in different versions of the Bible. The following table summarizes the various names:
| # | Masoretic Hebrew | Most English versions | Latin Vulgate, English Douay–Rheims |
Greek versions | Slavonic versions | Alternative Names | ||
| 1 | Ezra | Ezra | 1 Esdras | Esdras Bˊ | 1 Esdras | Ezra-Nehemiah | ||
| 2 | Nehemiah | 2 Esdras |
Nehemiah | |||||
| 3 | absent | 1 Esdras | 3 Esdras | Esdras Aˊ | 2 Esdras | Greek Ezra | ||
| 4 | 2 Esdras | 4 Esdras | absent | 3 Esdras | 4 Esdras Jewish Apocalypse of Ezra Apocalyptic Esdras |
Latin Esdras | ||
| 5 | absent | 5 Esdras | ||||||
| 6 | 6 Esdras | |||||||
The Thirty-nine Articles follow the naming convention of the Vulgate. Likewise, the Vulgate enumeration is often used by modern scholars, who nevertheless use the name Ezra to avoid confusion with the Greek and Slavonic enumerations: 1 Ezra (Ezra), 2 Ezra (Nehemiah), 3 Ezra (Esdras A/1 Esdras), 4 Ezra (chapters 3-14 of 4 Esdras), 5 Ezra (chapters 1-2 of 4 Esdras) and 6 Ezra (chapters 15-16 of 4 Esdras).
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