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

As the Hagiographa were not read in public, with the exception of Esther, opinions of the Jewish rabbins might still differ about Canticles and Ecclesiastes, even after the synod of Jamnia.

From The Canon of the Bible by Davidson, Samuel

The Jews before the Roman captivity, distinguished the sacred books into the Law, the Prophets, and the Hagiographa, or holy writings; and read only the Law and the Prophets in their Synagogues.

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

But St. Jerome reckons Five Books of Moses, Eight of Prophets, and Nine of other Holy writ, which he calls of Hagiographa.

From Leviathan by Hobbes, Thomas

The book of Daniel is assigned in the Hebrew canon to the third division, called Hagiographa.

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

Hagiog′rapher, one of the writers of the Hagiographa: a sacred writer.—adjs.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various