Ezra recounts God's marvelous work in bringing many Israelites back to Jerusalem after 70 years of exile in Babylon. His teaching of God's Word helps the returning Israelites as they struggle to rebuild the Temple and deal with sin in the lives of those not living in obedience to God's Law.

The Vision of Ezra is a similar work to the Greek Apocalypse of Ezra, however, only survives in Latin manuscripts dating to the 11th through 13th centuries. The Vision is unique among the surviving Apocalypses of Ezra due to its significant Egyptian influence. The Vision may have started as a Christian reworking of an old Egyptian description of the underworld, as it references a lot of old Egyptian underworld iconography. In the Vision, Ezra is...

In the early centuries of the Christian era, several texts called the Apocalypse of Ezra were in circulation among Jews, Christians, Gnostics, and related religious groups. The original is believed to have been written in Judahite or Aramaic and is commonly known as the Jewish Apocalypse of Ezra, as Ezra is believed to have been an ancient Judahite. This translation is referred to as the Judahite Apocalypse of Ezra, as the book has nothing to do with...