Poetic Books

Short description: Wisdom literature found in the Bible

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The Poetic Books, also called the Sapiential Books, are a division of the Christian Bible grouping five or seven books (depending on the canon) in the Old Testament.[1] The term "Sapiential Books" refers to the same set, although not all the Psalms are usually regarded as belonging to the Wisdom tradition.[2]

In terms of the Tanakh, it includes the three poetic books of Ketuvim, as well as Ecclesiastes and the Song of Songs from the Five Megillot. Wisdom and Sirach are also part of the Poetic Books, and are found in the Greek Septuagint version of the Hebrew Bible but are not part of the Hebrew Masoretic Text, and are seen by Protestant Christians as apocryphal, for which reason they placed between the Old Testament and New Testament in the King James Bible or are excluded from other Protestant Bibles.

## List

The Poetic Books are:

* Job
* Psalms
* Proverbs
* Ecclesiastes
* Song of Songs
* Wisdom (not included in Protestant canons)
* Sirach (not included in Protestant canons)

## See also

* Biblical canon
* Other major divisions of the Old Testament:
* Pentateuch
* Historical books
* Prophetic books

## References

1. ↑ Bullock, C. Hassell (2007). An introduction to the Old Testament poetic books (Rev. and expanded ed.). Moody Publishers. ISBN 978-0802441577.
2. ↑ Estes, Daniel J. (2010-01-01) (in en). Handbook on the Wisdom Books and Psalms. Baker Academic. pp. 141. ISBN 978-1-4412-0157-7. https://books.google.com/books?id=H4ARZdgdyAMC&pg=PA141.

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Book of Job

* Job
* In Islam
* In rabbinic literature

People and entities|

| Job's family members|

* Jemima
* Keziah
* Keren-happuch

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Job's friends and supporters|

* Bildad
* Elihu
* Zophar
* Eliphaz

* Behemoth
* Jobab ben Zerah
* Leviathan
* Rahab
* Ziz

Related religious texts|

* Testament of Job

In art|

| Films|

* Adam's Apples (2005)
* The Reverend (2011)
* A Serious Man (2009)
* Leviathan (2014)

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Literature|

* Answer to Job (1952 analysis)
* God's Favorite (1974 play)
* J.B. (1958 play)
* Job (1930 novel)
* Job's Passion (1981 play)
* Job's Wife (2002 play)
* A Masque of Reason (1945 play)
* Silverlock (1949 novel)
* Job: A Comedy of Justice (1984 novel)

Other|

* Byzantine illuminated manuscripts
* Job (Bronze sculpture by Judith Shea)
* William Blake's Illustrations of the Book of Job

Other|

* Tomb of Job

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Books of the Bible

Principal
divisions|

| Hebrew Bible/
Old Testament
(protocanon)|

* Genesis
* Exodus
* Leviticus
* Numbers
* Deuteronomy
* Joshua
* Judges
* Ruth
* 1–2 Samuel
* 1–2 Kings
* 1–2 Chronicles
* Ezra
* Nehemiah
* Esther
* Job
* Psalms
* Proverbs
* Ecclesiastes
* Song
* Isaiah
* Jeremiah
* Lamentations
* Ezekiel
* Daniel
* Hosea
* Joel
* Amos
* Obadiah
* Jonah
* Micah
* Nahum
* Habakkuk
* Zephaniah
* Haggai
* Zechariah
* Malachi

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Deuterocanon
and Apocrypha|

* Catholic
* Orthodox

* Tobit
* Judith
* Additions to Esther
* 1 Maccabees
* 2 Maccabees
* Wisdom
* Sirach
* Baruch / Letter of Jeremiah
* Additions to Daniel
* Susanna
* Song of the Three Children
* Bel and the Dragon

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Orthodox only|

* 1 Esdras
* 2 Esdras
* Prayer of Manasseh
* Psalm 151
* 3 Maccabees
* 4 Maccabees
* Odes

Tewahedo Orthodox|

* Enoch
* Jubilees
* 1, 2, and 3 Meqabyan
* Paralipomena of Baruch
* Broader canon

Syriac|

* Letter of Baruch
* Psalms 152–155

New Testament|

* Matthew
* Mark
* Luke
* John
* Acts
* Romans
* 1 Corinthians
* 2 Corinthians
* Galatians
* Ephesians
* Philippians
* Colossians
* 1 Thessalonians
* 2 Thessalonians
* 1 Timothy
* 2 Timothy
* Titus
* Philemon
* Hebrews
* James
* 1 Peter
* 2 Peter
* 1 John
* 2 John
* 3 John
* Jude
* Revelation

Subdivisions|

* Chapters and verses
* Pentateuch
* Historical books
* Wisdom books
* Prophetic books
* Major prophets
* Minor prophets
* Gospels
* Synoptic
* Epistles
* Pauline
* Johannine
* Pastoral
* Catholic
* Apocalyptic literature

Development|

* Old Testament canon
* New Testament canon
* Antilegomena
* Jewish canon
* Christian canon
* Dating the Bible

Manuscripts|

* Dead Sea Scrolls
* Samaritan Pentateuch
* Septuagint
* Targum
* Diatessaron
* Muratorian fragment
* Peshitta
* Vetus Latina
* Vulgate
* Masoretic Text
* New Testament manuscript categories
* New Testament papyri
* New Testament uncials

See also|

* Biblical canon
* Authorship
* English Bible translations
* Other books referenced in the Bible
* Pseudepigrapha
* list
* New Testament apocrypha
* Studies
* Synod of Hippo
* Textual criticism

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