Hagiographa

American  

[hag-ee-og-ruh-fuh, hey-jee-] / ˌhæg iˈɒg rə fə, ˌheɪ dʒi- /

noun

(used with a singular verb)

1. the third of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament, variously arranged, but usually comprising the Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Solomon, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles.

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Hagiographa British  

/ ˌhæɡɪˈɒɡrəfə /

noun

1. Also called: Writings.  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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Etymology

Origin of Hagiographa

< Late Latin < Greek: sacred writings, equivalent to hagio- hagio- + -grapha, neuter plural of -graphos -graph

Example Sentences

There is nothing to indicate that the authority attributed to these writings was inferior to that of the Hagiographa.

From The Covenanters of Damascus; A Hitherto Unknown Jewish Sect by Moore, George Foot

The Hebrew, for example, to say nothing of the Psalms, which were written in different ages, throws into the Hagiographa Ruth, Job, Proverbs, etc., which are older than any of the so-called latter prophets.

From Companion to the Bible by Barrows, E. P. (Elijah Porter)

There are similar reminiscences of the Psalms and of the Proverbs, and perhaps of other books among the Hagiographa.

From The Covenanters of Damascus; A Hitherto Unknown Jewish Sect by Moore, George Foot

Rashi constantly draws inspiration from both these works, and possibly also from the Targumim to the Hagiographa, which are much more recent than the other two Targumim.

From Rashi by Szold, Adele

By the Hagiographa they meant the historical books called Joshua, Judges, Ruth, Samuel, Kings, Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther, the book of Job, the Psalms, the books of Solomon, and the Lamentations.

From Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John by Newton, Isaac, Sir