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 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

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

Can this aggregation of the Apocrypha over against the Hagiographa, serve the purpose of a just estimate?

From The Canon of the Bible by Davidson, Samuel

That applies to the Law, the Prophets, and the Hagiographa, which were given in writing, but not to the Halachoth, the Midrashim, the Aggadoth, and the Talmud, which were given by the mouth.

From Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Various

Yet it was long after assigned to the Hagiographa, and quoted as such by several rabbis.

From The Canon of the Bible by Davidson, Samuel