What is 1 Esdras?
The most complicated aspect of 1 Esdras is that it is sometimes called 1 Esdras and sometimes 3 Esdras. When it is called 3 Esdras, it is because the Old Testament books of Ezra and Nehemiah are names 1 and 2 Esdras respectively. We will go with 1 Esdras.
Firs Esdras is rather unique in that is basically a repackaging of already existing material. It is made up of 2 Chronicles 35:1-27, 36:1-21; Ezra 1-10 and Nehemiah 8. It was probably compiled around the second century BC.
You can find the text for 1 Esdras online but I’m using the one found in the The New Oxford Annotated Bible.
