Writings

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Writings is the third major section of the Hebrew Bible, comprising a diverse collection of poetic, wisdom, and historical books such as Psalms, Proverbs, and Job.

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Label Occurrences
Writings canonical 3

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical canon section
division of the Tanakh
section of the Hebrew Bible
alsoKnownAs Ketuvim
associatedWith Second Temple Judaism
canonicalStatus part of Jewish biblical canon
containsBook 1 Chronicles
linked to: Books of Chronicles

2 Chronicles
linked to: Books of Chronicles

Chronicles
Daniel
Ecclesiastes
Esther
Ezra–Nehemiah
Job
linked to: Book of Job

Lamentations
Proverbs
linked to: Book of Proverbs

Psalms
Ruth
Song of Songs
distinguishedFrom Prophets
Torah
follows Prophets
hasHebrewName כְּתוּבִים
includesGenre historical chronicle
love poetry
philosophical reflection
proverbs
psalms
short story
influenced Christian theology
Jewish theology
Western literature
language Biblical Aramaic
linked to: Aramaic

Biblical Hebrew
literaryType historical narrative
poetic literature
wisdom literature
meaningOfHebrewName writings
partOf Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh

Tanakh
positionInTanakh third section
precedes no further section in the Tanakh
religiousTradition Christianity
Judaism
scriptureFor Jewish people
many Christian denominations
usedIn Christian Old Testament studies
Jewish liturgy
synagogue readings

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bible hasMajorDivision Writings
Ketuvim translationOfName Writings