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Article: The Apocryphal Apocalypse. The Reception of the Second Book of Esdras (4 Ezra) from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment.(Review)
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- Utopian Studies
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- March 22, 2000
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Alastair Hamilton. The Apocryphal Apocalypse. The Reception of the Second Book of Esdras (4 Ezra) from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1999. $85.00.
THIS ERUDITE TOUR DE FORCE is something more than a simple bibliographical examination of 2 Esdras, it is also an important contribution to the intellectual history of the period. 2 Esdras, sometimes referred to by different names, was reputed to have been written by Ezra the Scribe who is included among the "minor Prophets" of the Old Testament. The content of 2 Esdras and its alleged relationship to the Book of Ezra is summarized (15-21) as an introduction to Chapter 2 which sketches ...