Excerpt from The Apocalypse of Ezra: II Esdras III-XIV, Translated From the Syriac Text, With Brief Annotations The object of this series of translations is primarily to furnish students with short, cheap, and handy. Text-books, which, it is hoped, will facilitate the study of the particular texts in class under com petent teachers. But it is also hoped that the volumes will be acceptable to the general reader who may be interested in the subjects with which they deal. It has been thought advisable, as a general rule, to restrict the notes and comments to a small compass; more especially as, in most cases, excellent works of a more elaborate character are av.ailable Indeed it is much to be desired that these translations may have the effect of inducing readers to study the larger u orks. Our principal aim in a word, is to make some difficult texts, important for the study of Christian origins, more generally accessible in faithful and scholarly translations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.