Introduction to the continuing story of Ezra, scribe and priest -- The historical Ezra -- Ezra in the Hebrew Bible -- First, or Greek, Esdras : the law triumphant -- Fourth Ezra : the Ezra apocalypse -- The Christian additions to the Ezra apocalypse -- Ezra ascends to heaven and goes to hell -- Ezra among Christians, Samaritans, Muslims, and Jews of late antiquity -- Ezra in modern scholarship -- Postscript: Reflections on Ezra and the law -- Appendix 1: Chronology -- Appendix 2: Versions and translations of 4 Ezra
Summary
An in-depth examination that separates the historical Ezra from the biblical legend
