unto showing and truth.") (3 Esdras 5, 40). Some scholars, including Joseph Blenkinsopp in his 1988 commentary on Ezra–Nehemiah, hold that the book is a late 2nd/early 1st century BC revision of Esdras and Esdras β, while others such as L. L. Grabbe believe it to be independent of the Hebrew-language Ezra–Nehemiah. Nomenclature The book normally called 1 Esdras is numbered differently among various versions of the Bible. In most editions of the Septuagint, the book is titled in Greek: and is placed before the single book of Ezra–Nehemiah, which is titled in Greek: Ἔσδρας Βʹ. Summary Septuagint and its derivative translations: = 1 Esdras King James Version and many successive English translations: 1 Esdras Clementine Vulgate and its derivative translations: 3 Esdras Slavonic Bible: 2 Esdras Ethiopic Bible: Ezra Kali See also Esdras 2 Esdras Deuterocanonical books in Orthodox Christianity Septuagint Ocidelus References External links Various translations of 1 Esdras at the World Wide Study Bible Catholic Encyclopedia: Esdras: THE BOOKS OF ESDRAS: III Esdras Jewish Encyclopedia: Esdras, Books of: I Esdras – NRSV 1 Esdras at Early Jewish Writings 1 Ezra: 2012 Critical Translation with Audio Drama at biblicalaudio 2nd-century BC books 1st-century BC books 1st-century books Anagignoskomena Texts in the Septuagint Jewish apocrypha Historical books