Category:Hagiographa

Ha`gi*og"ra*pha, n. pl. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. ? (sc.?), fr. ? written by inspiration; ? sacred, holy + ? to write.]

1. 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, Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles.

2. (R. C. Ch.)

Defn: The lives of the saints. Brande & C.

- ---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

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 (1 Chronicles and 2 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.