Writings
Writings or Hagiographa. The third section of the Hebrew scriptures (see TANAKH). The Writings contain: Psalms, Proverbs, Job, the Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and 1 and 2 Chronicles.
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