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

But St. Jerome reckons Five Books of Moses, Eight of Prophets, and Nine of other Holy writ, which he calls of Hagiographa.

From Leviathan by Hobbes, Thomas

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

The Torah consists of three parts, the Pentateuch, the Prophets, and the Hagiographa; similarly the oral law consists of Midrash, Halakah, and Haggadah.

From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 3 by Radin, Paul

Targum of Onkelos, 206;    of Jonathan, 207;    of Pseudo-Jonathan, 207;    Jerusalem Targum, 207;    Targums on the Hagiographa, 208.

From Companion to the Bible by Barrows, E. P. (Elijah Porter)

Various portions of the Pentateuch, Psalms, and Hagiographa occur in the books of prayers, which have not yet been definitely fixed.

From Notes and Queries, Number 84, June 7, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. by Various