Hagiographa

Hagiographa
    n 1: the third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures [syn:
         {Hagiographa}, {Ketubim}, {Writings}]
    

Hagiographa \Ha`gi*og"ra*pha\ (h[a^]`g[-e]*[o^]g"r[.a]*f[.a] or
   h[=a]`j[i^]*[o^]g"r[.a]*f[.a]), n. pl. [L., fr. Gr.
   "agio`grafa (sc. bibli`a), fr. "agio`grafos written by
   inspiration; "a`gios sacred, holy + gra`fein to write.]
   1. The last of the three Jewish divisions of the Old
      Testament, comprising Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Canticles,
      Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra,
      Nehemiah, and Chronicles, or that portion of the Old
      Testament not contained in the Law ({Tora}) and the
      Prophets ({Nevi'im}) -- it is also called in Hebrew the
      {Ketuvim}. Together with the Tora and Nevi'im, it
      comprises the Hebrew Bible, which is called in Hebrew the
      {Tanach}, a vocalization of the first letters of its three
      parts.
      [1913 Webster + RP]

   2. (R. C. Ch.) The lives of the saints. --Brande & C.
      [1913 Webster]
    

Hagiographa
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.