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===Ketuvim===
{{Main|Ketuvim}}
{{lang|he-Latn|Kəṯūḇīm}} ({{lang|he|כְּתוּבִים|rtl=yes}}, "Writings") consists of eleven books.

====Poetic books====
{{Further|Ketuvim#Sifrei Emet}}
In Masoretic manuscripts (and some printed editions), Psalms, Proverbs and Job are presented in a special two-column form emphasizing the parallel [[wikt:stich#English|stichs]] in the verses, which are a function of their [[Biblical poetry|poetry]]. Collectively, these three books are known as {{lang|he-Latn|Sifrei Emet}} (an acronym of the titles in Hebrew, {{lang|he|rtl=yes|איוב, משלי, תהלים}} yields {{lang|he-Latn|Emet}} {{lang|he|rtl=yes|אמ"ת}}, which is also the Hebrew for "[[truth]]").

These three books are also the only ones in Tanakh with a special system of [[Hebrew cantillation|cantillation]] notes that are designed to emphasize parallel stichs within verses. However, the beginning and end of the book of Job are in the normal prose system.

* {{lang|he-Latn|Təhīllīm}} ({{lang|he|rtl=yes|תְהִלִּים}}) – [[Psalms]]
* {{lang|he-Latn|Mīšlē}} ({{lang|he|rtl=yes|מִשְׁלֵי}}) – [[Book of Proverbs|Proverbs]]
* {{lang|he-Latn|’Īyyōḇ}} ({{lang|he|rtl=yes|אִיּוֹב}}) – [[Book of Job|Job]]

====Five scrolls====
{{Further|Five Megillot}}
The five relatively short books of the [[Song of Songs]], [[Book of Ruth|Ruth]], [[Book of Lamentations|Lamentations]], [[Ecclesiastes]], and [[Book of Esther|Esther]] are collectively known as the {{lang|he-Latn|Ḥamesh Megillot}} (Five Megillot).

In many Jewish communities, these books are read aloud in the synagogue on particular occasions, the occasion listed below in parentheses.
* {{lang|he-Latn|Šīr hašŠīrīm}} ({{lang|he|rtl=yes|שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים}}) – [[Song of Songs]], also known as Song of Solomon (on [[Passover]])
* {{lang|he-Latn|Rūṯ}} ({{lang|he|rtl=yes|רוּת}}) – [[Book of Ruth|Ruth]] (on [[Shavuot]])
* {{lang|he-Latn|’Ēḵā}} ({{lang|he|rtl=yes|אֵיכָה}}) – [[Book of Lamentations|Lamentations]]<ref>Also called {{lang|he-Latn|Kinnot}} in Hebrew.</ref> (on [[Tisha B'Av]])
* {{lang|he-Latn|Qōheleṯ}} ({{lang|he|rtl=yes|קֹהֶלֶת}}) – [[Ecclesiastes]] (on [[Sukkot]])
* {{lang|he-Latn|’Esṯēr}} ({{lang|he|rtl=yes|אֶסְתֵר}}) – [[Book of Esther|Esther]] (on [[Purim]])

====Other books====
Besides the three poetic books and the five scrolls, the remaining books in Ketuvim are [[Book of Daniel|Daniel]], [[Ezra–Nehemiah]] and [[Books of Chronicles|Chronicles]]. Although there is no formal grouping for these books in the Jewish tradition, they nevertheless share a number of distinguishing characteristics: their narratives all openly describe relatively late events (i.e. the Babylonian captivity and the subsequent restoration of Zion); the Talmudic tradition ascribes late authorship to all of them; two of them (Daniel and Ezra) are the only books in Tanakh with significant portions in [[Biblical Aramaic|Aramaic]].
* {{lang|he-Latn|Dānīyyē’l}} ({{lang|he|rtl=yes|דָּנִיֵּאל}}) – [[Book of Daniel|Daniel]]
* {{lang|he-Latn|‘Ezrā’}} ({{lang|he|rtl=yes|עֶזְרָא}}) – [[Book of Ezra|Ezra]] and [[Book of Nehemiah|Nehemiah]]
* {{lang|he-Latn|Dīvrē hayYāmīm}} ({{lang|he|rtl=yes|דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים}}) – [[Books of Chronicles|Chronicles]]

====Book order====
The Jewish textual tradition never finalized the order of the books in Ketuvim. The [[Talmud]] gives their order as Ruth, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Lamentations, Daniel, Scroll of Esther, Ezra, Chronicles.<ref name=bb14>[[Babylonian Talmud]], [[Bava Batra]] [https://www.sefaria.org/Bava_Batra.14b.11 14b]</ref> This order is roughly chronological (assuming traditional authorship).

In [[Tiberian Hebrew|Tiberian]] Masoretic [[codices]] (including the [[Aleppo Codex]] and the [[Leningrad Codex]]), and often in old Spanish manuscripts as well, the order is Chronicles, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Ruth, Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes, Lamentations, Esther, Daniel, Ezra.<ref>{{Cite book |last = Swete|first = Henry Barclay |author-link = Henry Barclay Swete |title=An Introduction to the Old Testament in Greek |publisher = Macmillan and Co. |place = Cambridge |year = 1902 |url = https://archive.org/details/anintrotooldtes00swetuoft/page/200/mode/1up?view=theater | page = 200}}</ref> This order is more thematic (e.g. the ''megillot'' are listed together).