This article is about the book called 2 Esdras in the King James Bible and many other English versions. This same book is called 4 Esdras in the Vulgate and the Douay-Rheims Bible. It is called 3 Esdras in Slavonic bibles. Some scholars refer to it as the Latin Esdras since the Latin version is its most important examplar.
For the book called 2 Esdras in the Vulgate and Douay-Rheims bible, see Book of Nehemiah. For the book called 2 Esdras (Εσδρας Β) in the Septuagint, see the articles on Book of Ezra and Book of Nehemiah. For the book called 2 Esdras in Russian bibles, see the article on 1 Esdras.
2 Esdras (sometimes also referred to as Ezra/Shealtiel or the Apocalypse of Ezra, which is also the name of a different but interdependent work) is a Jewish apocalypse that some scholars purport to be written toward the end of the first century AD. It is not accepted as canonical by most Christians, who list it among the Apocrypha. However the Ethiopian and Russian Orthodox churches consider it canonical, and it was often cited by the Fathers of the Church.