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*[[Ezra]]
*[[Book of Esther|Esther]]
* [[Wisdom of Solomon]]Although not technically a ''wisdom'' book, [[The the Prayer of Manasseh]] from the so-called apocrypha, is a penitential prayer of the King of Judah, which for the Orthodox is part of the Bible. (It is included in the [[Great Compline]] service of the Orthodox Church.)
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The first part of the Old Testament is called the ''[[Pentateuch]]'' which means the five books. It is also called the ''Torah'', which means the ''Law''. These books are also called the ''Books of Moses''.
They include:
* [[Genesis|Genesis]] * [[Exodus|Exodus]] * [[Leviticus|Leviticus]] * [[Book of Numbers|Numbers]] * [[Deuteronomy|Deuteronomy]]
The events described in these books, from the calling of [[Abraham]] to the death of [[Moses]], probably took place sometime in the second millennium before [[Christ]] (2000-1200 BC).
*[[I Paraleipomenon]] (I Chronicles)
*[[II Paraleipomenon]] (II Chronicles)
*[[Book of Nehemiah|Nehemiah]]
*[[I Esdras]]
*[[II Esdras]] (Ezra)
*[[Tobit]] (Tobias)
*[[Judith]]
*[[Book of Esther|Esther]]
*[[I Maccabees]]
*[[II Maccabees]]
*[[III Maccabees]] (English Bible bible)In the [[Canon (Bible)|canon]] of the Orthodox Church, which is generally that of the [[Septuagint]], the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible, 1 and 2 Samuel are called 1 and 2 Kings, and 1 and 2 Kings are called 3 and 4 Kings. Also, the so-called apocryphal books, listed above after Esther(I Esdras, II Esdras, Tobit, Judith, I Maccabees, II Maccabees, III Maccabees, IV Maccabees), are considered by the Orthodox as genuine parts of the Bible. The Old Testament apocrypha is a body of writings considered by the non-Orthodox to be of close association with the Bible, but not actually part of its official canonical contents.
The historical books of the Bible were written well after the events described in them actually took place.
==Wisdom books==
The Wisdom books include Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Solomon, as well as the Wisdom of Jesus, Son of Sirach, also called Ecclesiasticus, and the Wisdom of Solomon from the so-called apocrypha.
* [[Psalms]]
* [[Prayer of Manasseh]]
* [[Book of Job|Job]]
* [[Psalms]] * [[Book of Proverbs|Proverbs]]
* [[Ecclesiastes]]
* [[Song of Solomon]] (Song of Songs or Canticle of Canticles)
* [[Wisdom of Solomon]]
* [[Wisdom of Sirach]] (Wisdom of Jesus, Son of Sirach, also called Ecclesiasticus)
==Prophets==
Four of the prophetic books are those of the so-called ''major prophets'':
* [[Book of Isaiah|Isaiah]]
* [[Book of Jeremiah|Jeremiah]] includes book of [[Book of Baruch|Baruch]] and the [[Letter Epistle of Jeremiah]]
* [[Book of Ezekiel|Ezekiel]]
* [[Book of Daniel|Daniel]]
