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Hagiographa
(redirected from Ketuvim)

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Hagiographa
the third of the three main parts into which the books of the Old Testament are divided in Jewish tradition (the other two parts being the Law and the Prophets), comprising Psalms, Proverbs, Job, the Song of Solomon, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles


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The Ketuvim contains philosophical expressions on life the stories of prophets and lyrical poetry as well as of other Jewish leaders throughout the Babylonian exile.
3) Tanakh is an acronym for the Hebrew names comprising the three sections of Jewish scripture: Torah; Nevi'im (Prophets); and Ketuvim (Writings).
He has now added the remaining four books of what is, rather confusingly, called the Chumash (Hebrew), the Pentateuch (Greek), or, quite simply, the Five Books of Moses; that is, the first, and arguably most important, portion of what Jews know as the Tanakh (an acronym for Torah, Neviim, and Ketuvim : Torah or "rule," Prophets, and "Writings").
 
 
 
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