Five Scrolls

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The Five Scrolls are a collection of five biblical books in the Hebrew Bible—Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Esther—traditionally read on specific Jewish festivals.

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Five Scrolls canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Megillot ⓘ
collection of biblical books ⓘ
part of the Ketuvim ⓘ
associatedWith Jewish holidays ⓘ
canonicalStatus canonical in Judaism ⓘ
category liturgical readings ⓘ
hasGenre court tale ⓘ
lament ⓘ
love poetry ⓘ
narrative ⓘ
wisdom literature ⓘ
hasPart Ecclesiastes ⓘ
Esther ⓘ
Lamentations ⓘ
Ruth ⓘ
Song of Songs ⓘ
hebrewName Chamesh Megillot ⓘ
linked to: Five Megillot

Megillot ⓘ
linked to: Five Megillot
includedIn Masoretic Text ⓘ
language Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
liturgicalRole festival readings ⓘ
numberOfWorks 5 ⓘ
originalLanguage Hebrew ⓘ
partOf Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

Ketuvim ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ
readFrom parchment scrolls ⓘ
readOn Jewish festivals ⓘ
religiousCanon Jewish biblical canon ⓘ
religiousTradition Judaism ⓘ
scripturalDivision Writings ⓘ
scriptureType biblical scrolls ⓘ
traditionalReading Ecclesiastes on Sukkot ⓘ
Esther on Purim ⓘ
Lamentations on Tisha B'Av ⓘ
linked to: Lamentations

Ruth on Shavuot ⓘ
Song of Songs on Passover ⓘ
usedIn Jewish liturgy ⓘ
synagogue worship ⓘ

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

Five Megillot → alsoKnownAs → Five Scrolls ⓘ