Hagiographa

Hagiographa (Greek, meaning holy writings) is the term used for the third and final division of the Hebrew Bible, known in Hebrew as Ketuvim (Writings). The Hebrew canon is traditionally divided into Torah (Law), Nevi'im (Prophets), and Ketuvim (Writings), with the Hagiographa comprising the third section. It includes the Psalms, Proverbs, Job, the five Megilloth (Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther), Daniel, Ezra-Nehemiah, and Chronicles.

Jesus appears to allude to this tripartite canonical structure in Luke 24:44 when he refers to the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the psalms—using Psalms to represent the Ketuvim, as the first and largest book of the Writings. The process by which these books were recognized as canonical was gradual, with debates in early Judaism continuing into the rabbinic period over the status of books such as Ecclesiastes and the Song of Solomon, though all were eventually accepted as scripture.