writings
English Thesaurus
1. the third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures (noun.communication)
| part holonym | : | book of ruth, ruth, |
| definition | : | a book of the Old Testament that tells the story of Ruth who was not an Israelite but who married an Israelite and who stayed with her mother-in-law Naomi after her husband died (noun.communication) |
| part holonym | : | 1 chronicles, i chronicles, |
| definition | : | the first of two Old Testament books telling the history of Judah and Israel until the return from the Babylonian Captivity in 536 BC (noun.communication) |
| part holonym | : | 2 chronicles, ii chronicles, |
| definition | : | the second of two Old Testament books telling the history of Judah and Israel until the return from the Babylonian Captivity in 536 BC (noun.communication) |
| part holonym | : | book of ezra, ezra, |
| definition | : | an Old Testament book telling of a rabbi's efforts in the 5th century BC to reconstitute Jewish law and worship in Jerusalem after the Babylonian Captivity (noun.communication) |
| part holonym | : | book of nehemiah, nehemiah, |
| definition | : | an Old Testament book telling how a Jewish official at the court of Artaxerxes I in 444 BC became a leader in rebuilding Jerusalem after the Babylonian Captivity (noun.communication) |
| part holonym | : | book of esther, esther, |
| definition | : | an Old Testament book telling of a beautiful Jewess who became queen of Persia and saved her people from massacre (noun.communication) |
| part holonym | : | book of job, job, |
| definition | : | a book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God about his afflictions and God's reply (noun.communication) |
| part holonym | : | book of psalms, psalms, |
| definition | : | an Old Testament book consisting of a collection of 150 Psalms (noun.communication) |
| part holonym | : | book of proverbs, proverbs, |
| definition | : | an Old Testament book consisting of proverbs from various Israeli sages (including Solomon) (noun.communication) |
| part holonym | : | book of ecclesiastes, ecclesiastes, |
| definition | : | an Old Testament book consisting of reflections on the vanity of human life; is traditionally attributed to Solomon but probably was written about 250 BC (noun.communication) |
| part holonym | : | book of lamentations, lamentations, |
| definition | : | an Old Testament book lamenting the desolation of Judah after the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC; traditionally attributed to the prophet Jeremiah (noun.communication) |
| part meronym | : | hebrew scripture, tanach, tanakh, |
| definition | : | the Jewish scriptures which consist of three divisions--the Torah and the Prophets and the Writings (noun.communication) |
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