The first and second books of Esdras Archibald Duff Books
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Introduction Of Canonical and Non-Canonical Books He who takes up this booklet and sees it styled "Apocryphal" will doubtless wonder why one dubs it with so sinister a name. For this says just about the same as " furtive," "disguised," not to say 'thievish' or "sneaking." But, alas, we have all been taught to feel a little qualm when we buy a Bible that contains the Apocrypha, lest we be entering among bad companions, or at least are encouraging booksellers in bringing too near to very precious pages some others that are verily profane. Yet, let us pause to reflect what "Canonical" means to us, and while our Creeds and our Greek warn us that ' the Canon is our Rule of Faith and Practice,' very few do look to canonical books to find either. Neither one sort of men among us nor another studies Leviticus for such ends, although, verily, it was meant as a stern rule of both Faith and Practice in its time; and even Romans has scarcely ever been counted as practically canonical in such sense. The words ' Canonical ' and ' Apocryphal' have practically been always and purely esthetic distinctions. Serious'it is, however, to find that by calling Esdras I. and II. uncanonical and apocryphal, we have accustomed ourselves to think little or lightly, or even not at all, of a great part of the life of our Lord Jesus. Herein we have really hurt Him and our own souls. This present little volume hopes to heal these wounds somewhat. Leopold Classic Library is delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive collection. As part of our on-going commitment to delivering value to the reader, we have also provided you with a link to a website, where you may download a digital version of this work for free. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. Whilst the books in this collection have not been hand curated, an aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature. As a result of this book being first published many decades ago, it may have occasional imperfections. These imperfections may include poor picture quality, blurred or missing text. While some of these imperfections may have appeared in the original work, others may have resulted from the scanning process that has been applied. However, our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. While some publishers have applied optical character recognition (OCR), this approach has its own drawbacks, which include formatting errors, misspelt words, or the presence of inappropriate characters. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with an experience that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic book, and that the occasional imperfection that it might contain will not detract from the experience.
The first and second books of Esdras Archibald Duff Books
See my brief description of the origin of the Apocrypha in my review of the first book of Esdras. I wrote in essence that many books composed before and just after the onset of the Common Era, were composed by Jews and sometimes by Christians with generally pious intent. When the Hebrew Bible was translated into Greek for the Greek speaking Jews who did not understand Hebrew, so they would know what is in their "holy books," about a dozen of these volumes were incorporated into the translation, which was called Septuagint. About a dozen of these writings were included in the first translation of the Bible, when it was translated into Greek, but were later not included in the Hebrew Bible called Tanach, an acronym denoting the Bible's three parts: Torah (the five books of Moses), Neviim (the prophets), and Ketuvim (inspired but not prophetical writings, such as Esther and Ruth). Protestants and Jews call these non-canon books Apocrypha, the hidden or secret books. The name was given these books around 400 CE by Jerome who translated the Bible into Latin and included the books. His translation is called Vulgate, similar to the word vulgar, which had a positive meaning in ancient time, "for the people." When the Bible was translated into English in 1611 and called the King James Version, the dozen additions were included. They remain part of the Roman Catholic Bible today, but are not part of the Protestant and Jewish canon. Protestants and Jews call these non-canon books Apocrypha, the hidden or secret books. My review of Esdras I contains more information.The Second Book of Esdras (the name is also written Ezra), composed after the death of the brutal Roman ruler Nero, who died in 68 CE. It is an apocalypse. Chapters 1, 2, 15, and 16 are Christian additions, although it is possible that even other parts were influenced by early Christian thinking. It is an attempt to explain the existence of human problems and pain and to justify how God works in this world. It does so in a somewhat supernatural way, somewhat like the New Testament book Revelations. The book imagines a scene in Babylon in 556 BCE during the exile of the Jews to Babylon, which began when the first temple was destroyed in 586 BCE. The author asks: Why are the Israelites enslaved to the pagan Babylonians? An angel comes and answers his question. He is told about the resurrection of the dead, the final judgment, the messianic age, and that only some people will be saved. In 3:21, there is the Christian notion of original sin: Adam "transgressed and was overcome, as were also all who were descended from him." None of these notions are in the Hebrew Bible.
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See my brief description of the origin of the Apocrypha in my review of the first book of Esdras. I wrote in essence that many books composed before and just after the onset of the Common Era, were composed by Jews and sometimes by Christians with generally pious intent. When the Hebrew Bible was translated into Greek for the Greek speaking Jews who did not understand Hebrew, so they would know what is in their "holy books," about a dozen of these volumes were incorporated into the translation, which was called Septuagint. About a dozen of these writings were included in the first translation of the Bible, when it was translated into Greek, but were later not included in the Hebrew Bible called Tanach, an acronym denoting the Bible's three parts Torah (the five books of Moses), Neviim (the prophets), and Ketuvim (inspired but not prophetical writings, such as Esther and Ruth). Protestants and Jews call these non-canon books Apocrypha, the hidden or secret books. The name was given these books around 400 CE by Jerome who translated the Bible into Latin and included the books. His translation is called Vulgate, similar to the word vulgar, which had a positive meaning in ancient time, "for the people." When the Bible was translated into English in 1611 and called the King James Version, the dozen additions were included. They remain part of the Roman Catholic Bible today, but are not part of the Protestant and Jewish canon. Protestants and Jews call these non-canon books Apocrypha, the hidden or secret books. My review of Esdras I contains more information.
The Second Book of Esdras (the name is also written Ezra), composed after the death of the brutal Roman ruler Nero, who died in 68 CE. It is an apocalypse. Chapters 1, 2, 15, and 16 are Christian additions, although it is possible that even other parts were influenced by early Christian thinking. It is an attempt to explain the existence of human problems and pain and to justify how God works in this world. It does so in a somewhat supernatural way, somewhat like the New Testament book Revelations. The book imagines a scene in Babylon in 556 BCE during the exile of the Jews to Babylon, which began when the first temple was destroyed in 586 BCE. The author asks Why are the Israelites enslaved to the pagan Babylonians? An angel comes and answers his question. He is told about the resurrection of the dead, the final judgment, the messianic age, and that only some people will be saved. In 321, there is the Christian notion of original sin Adam "transgressed and was overcome, as were also all who were descended from him." None of these notions are in the Hebrew Bible.
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