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I Esdra

I Esdra

9.9
A religious book made from parts of Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah that is not in all Bibles
  • noun
  • Literature
translation icon : I Esdras
  • Scholars often refer to I Esdra when studying apocryphal Old Testament writings.

Examples

  • Translations of I Esdra differ widely depending on the tradition.

  • The church includes I Esdra in its list of sacred historical texts.

  • The book of I Esdra is often overlooked in biblical studies.

  • Did you read I Esdra for your theology class?

  • Scholars often refer to I Esdra when studying apocryphal Old Testament writings.

  • The church includes I Esdra in its list of sacred historical texts.

  • Translations of I Esdra differ widely depending on the tradition.

Synonyms

1 Esdras
vsI Esdra
9.9

A book included in some Bibles but not others

means the same book but is presented under an alternate traditional title

Surface Forms

I Esdra singular
I Esdras singular

Morphology

I + Esdra

The element 'I' functions as a Roman numeral ('First') and 'Esdra' is a proper name (Esdras/Ezra), so a B1 learner who knows those constituents can plausibly infer this is the first book titled Esdra (i.e. a book title). However, they could not derive the specific meaning that it is an Apocryphal compilation drawn from Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah, so the full definitional content is not predictable from the parts.

Etymology

I Esdra is named after the writer Esdra, another form of the name Ezra, and it was made from parts of 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. So, think of I Esdra as a 'picked-together' historical book that some churches include in the Bible and others call 'apocryphal'.