2 Esdras
Unknownc. 100
2 Esdras is the most theologically sophisticated of the Apocrypha, grappling with theodicy in ways that parallel Job.
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Why It Matters
2 Esdras is the most theologically sophisticated of the Apocrypha, grappling with theodicy in ways that parallel Job. Its vision of a messianic figure and a new age influenced both Jewish and Christian eschatology.