English > Writings: 1 sense > noun 1, communication| Meaning | The third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures. |
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| Synonyms | Hagiographa, Ketubim |
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| Instance of | sacred text, sacred writing, religious writing, religious text | writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity |
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| Part of | Tanakh, Tanach, Hebrew Scripture | The Jewish scriptures which consist of three divisions--the Torah and the Prophets and the Writings |
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| Parts | Daniel, Book of Daniel, Book of the Prophet Daniel | An Old Testament book that tells of the apocalyptic / apocalyptic visions / visions and the experiences of Daniel in the court of Nebuchadnezzar |
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| Ecclesiastes, Book of Ecclesiastes | An Old Testament book consisting of reflections on the vanity of human life |
| Esther, Book of Esther | An Old Testament book telling of a beautiful Jewess who became queen of Persia and saved her people from massacre |
| Ezra, Book of Ezra | An Old Testament book telling of a rabbi's efforts in the 5th century BC to reconstitute Jewish law and worship in Jerusalem after the Babylonian Captivity |
| II Chronicles, 2 Chronicles | The second of two Old Testament books telling the history of Judah and Israel until the return from the Babylonian Captivity in 536 BC |
| I Chronicles, 1 Chronicles | The first of two Old Testament books telling the history of Judah and Israel until the return from the Babylonian Captivity in 536 BC |
| Job, Book of Job | A book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God about his afflictions and God's reply |
| Lamentations, Book of Lamentations | An Old Testament book lamenting the desolation of Judah after the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC |
| Nehemiah, Book of Nehemiah | An Old Testament book telling how a Jewish official at the court of Artaxerxes I in 444 BC became a leader in rebuilding Jerusalem after the Babylonian Captivity |
| Proverbs, Book of Proverbs | An Old Testament book consisting of proverbs from various Israeli sages (including Solomon) |
| Psalms, Book of Psalms | An Old Testament book consisting of a collection of 150 Psalms |
| Ruth, Book of Ruth | A book of the Old Testament that tells the story of Ruth who was not an Israelite but who married an Israelite and who stayed with her mother-in-law Naomi after her husband died |
| Song of Songs, Song of Solomon, Canticle of Canticles, Canticles | An Old Testament book consisting of a collection of love poems traditionally attributed to Solomon but actually written much later |
| Spanish | escritos hagiográficos, Ketubim |
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| Catalan | escrits hagiogràfics |
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