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I & II Esdras: Introduction, Translation and Commentary is unavailable, but you can change that!

Written about 10 B.C.E., I Esdras is a history ranging from the pious reign of Josiah to the religious reforms of Ezra. For this period Josephus follows I Esdras in his Antiquities of the Jews. An apocalyptic work, written 250 years later, II Esdras seeks to offer strength, courage, and hope to those whose faith was severely shaken in the gloom and despondency that followed upon the fall of...

Just when that is to happen remains undisclosed but II Bar 29:4 says it will be in the time of the messiah. Food for the saved is a common conception in apocalyptic literature. II Bar 29:8 refers to a repetition of the manna miracle. Fragment 3 of the Sibylline Oracles speaks of “sweet bread from the starry heavens” as the food of Paradise, and Book 3:746 says honey will fall from heaven and trickle from the rocks (cf. 5:283). Such fare is given for the enjoyment of the saved and often confers immortality
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