HAGIOGRAPHA - Definition

Pronunciation:		`hagee'âgrufu
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] the third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures

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	Synonyms:	Writings

	See Also:	Old Testament, religious text, religious writing, sacred text, sacred writing

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Ha`giog"rapha\, 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.

Easton Bible Dictionary

	Definition:	the holy writings, a term which came early into use in the Christian church to denote the third division of the Old Testament scriptures, called by the Jews Kethubim, i.e., "Writings." It consisted of five books, viz., Job, Proverbs, and Psalms, and the two books of Chronicles. The ancient Jews classified their sacred books as the Law, the Prophets, and the Kethubim, or Writings. (See BIBLE.) In the New Testament (Luke 24:44) we find three corresponding divisions, viz., the Law, the Prophets, and the Psalms.