Hagiographa
n.
last of the three parts of the Old Testament, Kethuvim, the Writings
Ketuvim
Ketuvim is the third and final section of the
Tanakh (
Hebrew Bible), after
Torah and
Nevi'im.The
Hebrew word כתובים (ketuvim) means "writings." In English translations of the Hebrew Bible, this section is usually entitled "Writings" or "Hagiographa."In the Jewish textual tradition,
Chronicles is counted as one book.
Ezra and
Nehemiah are also counted together as a single book called "Ezra." Thus, there is a total of eleven books in the section called Ketuvim (see the enumeration in the list of books below).
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Hagiographa
Noun
1. the third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures
(synonym) Ketubim, Writings
(hypernym) sacred text, sacred writing, religious writing, religious text
(part-holonym) Tanakh, Tanach, Hebrew Scripture
(part-meronym) Ruth, Book of Ruth
Hagiographa
(n. pl.)
The lives of the saints.
(n. pl.)
The last of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament, or that portion not contained in the Law and the Prophets. It comprises Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Canticles, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Hagiographa
the holy writings, a term which came early into use in the Christian church to denote the third division of the Old Testament scriptures, called by the Jews Kethubim, i.e., "Writings." It consisted of five books, viz., Job, Proverbs, and Psalms, and the two books of Chronicles. The ancient Jews classified their sacred books as the Law, the Prophets, and the Kethubim, or Writings. (See BIBLE.) In the New Testament (Luke 24:44) we find three corresponding divisions, viz., the Law, the Prophets, and the Psalms.