writings

Noun
  1. is an instance of: religious text, religious writing, sacred text, sacred writing - writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity
    has:
    • book of ruth, 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
    • 1 chronicles, i 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
    • 2 chronicles, ii 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
    • book of ezra, 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
    • book of nehemiah, 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
    • book of esther, esther - an Old Testament book telling of a beautiful Jewess who became queen of Persia and saved her people from massacre
    • book of job, job - a book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God about his afflictions and God's reply
    • book of psalms, psalms - an Old Testament book consisting of a collection of 150 Psalms
    • book of proverbs, proverbs - an Old Testament book consisting of proverbs from various Israeli sages (including Solomon)
    • book of ecclesiastes, ecclesiastes - an Old Testament book consisting of reflections on the vanity of human life; is traditionally attributed to Solomon but probably was written about 250 BC
    • canticle of canticles, canticles, song of solomon, song of songs - an Old Testament book consisting of a collection of love poems traditionally attributed to Solomon but actually written much later
    • book of lamentations, lamentations - an Old Testament book lamenting the desolation of Judah after the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC; traditionally attributed to the prophet Jeremiah
    • book of daniel, book of the prophet daniel, daniel - an Old Testament book that tells of the apocalyptic visions and the experiences of Daniel in the court of Nebuchadnezzar
    is a part of: hebrew scripture, tanach, tanakh - the Jewish scriptures which consist of three divisions--the Torah and the Prophets and the Writings
    same as: hagiographa, ketubim

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