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
Also called: Writings
Hagiographa in American English
(ˌhægiˈɑgrəfə; ˌ heɪdʒiˈɑgrəfə)
noun
the third and final part of the Jewish Scriptures, those books not in the Law or the Prophets
Word origin
LL(Ec) < Gr(Ec) hagiographa (biblia), transl. of Heb ketuvim, lit., writings: see hagio- & -graph