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Definition of Hagiographa

Hagiographa
Hagiographa Ha`gi*og"ra*pha, n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. ? (sc.?), fr. ? written by inspiration; ? sacred, holy + ? to write.] 1. The last of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament, or that portion not contained in the Law and the Prophets. It comprises Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Canticles, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles. 2. (R. C. Ch.) The lives of the saints. --Brande & C.

Meaning of Hagiographa from wikipedia

- translations of the Hebrew Bible, this section is usually titled "Writings" or "Hagiographa". In the Ketuvim, 1–2 Chronicles form one book as do Ezra and Nehemiah...
- has twelve letters in the original Hebrew. The shortest verse in the Hagiographa, 1 Chronicles 1:25, has nine letters in the original Hebrew. John 11:1–45...
- saying" in 2 Samuel 15:13, is a similar compilation on the Prophets and Hagiographa. Role of women in Judaism Tzeniut Yiddish language Yiddish literature...
- the books of the Hebrew Bible: the Pentateuch, the Prophets, and the Hagiographa, called in traditional Hebrew attribution the Torah (the Law or Teaching)...
- Chaldaicis, Onkeli in Mosen, Jonathanis in Prophetas, & aliorum authorum in hagiographa: item in Targum Hierosolymitano, Jonathane altero in legem, & Targum...
- who ascribe to the Sadducees the rejection of the Prophets and the Hagiographa; comp. also Sanh. 90b, where "Ẓadduḳim" stands for "Kutim" [Samaritans];...
- orders of books as of first, second, and third dignity, putting the Hagiographa of the Old Testament and the seven Antilegomena of the New in the third...
- Ein-Sof is not alluded to either in the Pentateuch, the Prophets, or the Hagiographa, nor in the writings of the rabbis. But the mystics had a vague tradition...
- Council of Nicaea. Among the Hebrews the Book of Judith is found among the Hagiographa. ...But because this book is found by the Nicene Council to have been...
- ha-Ḥayyim, in two parts: (1) a homiletic commentary on the Prophets and Hagiographa, and (2) novellæ on the tractate Berakhot (Czernowitz, 1861) He is mentioned...