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Poetic Books

The Old Testament can be divided up in different ways. In most Bible translations there are four subsections: the Pentateuch (Genesis — Deuteronomy), the historical books (Joshua — Esther), the poetic books (Job — Song of Songs) and the prophetic books (Isaiah — Malachi).

Poetic Books

Biblical Books

Old Testament
Historical Books
Pentateuch
Poetic Books
Prophetic Books
Tanakh

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