Original sentence: Although Second Esdras exists in its complete form only in Latin, it was originally written in Hebrew.Nonetheless, 2 Esdras has not been preserved in modern Jewish tradition, typical for works dating from the period of the Second Temple
Edited sentence: Although Second Esdras was preserved in Latin as an appendix to the Vulgate and passed down as a unified book, it is actually a tripartite work.Fourth Esdras was not preserved in Jewish tradition, typical for Jewish works dating from the period close in time to the fall of Jerusalem, nor was it included in the Greek Septuagint.The book is considered apocryphal in modern Roman Catholic and Protestant traditions.The main body (chapters 3-14, termed "Fourth Ezra") was originally written in Hebrew by an anonymous Jew in Israel, likely in the late 1st century CE following the destruction of the Second Temple by the Romans.This was subsequently fused with two early Christian compositions, "Fifth Ezra" (chapters 1-2), originally written in Greek or Latin during either the 2nd or 3rd century CE, and "Sixth Esdras" (chapters 15-16), a 3rd century Greek text likely authored in Asia Minor.With certain exceptions, the composite work now titled 2 Esdras exists in the periphery of the Christian canon, appearing only in the Slavonic Bible and the Vulgate appendix as a late addition following a 1546 decree by the Council of Trent