Historical Books (Christian canon)

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The Historical Books in the Christian canon are a collection of Old Testament writings that narrate Israel’s history from the conquest of Canaan through the post-exilic period, highlighting God’s dealings with His people.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Old Testament division
biblical book collection
centralTheme God’s sovereignty in history
covenant obedience and disobedience
classificationVariesBy Christian tradition
containsAccountOf Babylonian exile
conquest of Canaan
divided kingdoms of Israel and Judah
period of the judges
return from exile
Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy)
surface form: united monarchy of Israel
coversPeriodFrom conquest of Canaan
coversPeriodTo post-exilic period
describes history of Israel
hasAlternativeName Historical Books (Christian canon)
surface form: Historical Books of the Old Testament

Historical Books (Christian canon)
surface form: History Books (Christian canon)
includesBook Divrei Hayamim
surface form: 1 Chronicles

1 Kings
1 Samuel
2 Chronicles
Book of 2 Kings
surface form: 2 Kings

2 Samuel
Esther
Ezra
Joshua
Judges
Nehemiah
Ruth
influenced Christian historiography
Jewish historical tradition
languageOfComposition Aramaic
surface form: Biblical Aramaic

Hebrew
surface form: Biblical Hebrew
liturgicalUse lectionaries
public Scripture readings
narrativeGenre historical narrative
partOf Christian biblical canon
Bible
surface form: Old Testament
recognizedBy Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church

Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Protestant churches
religiousTradition Christianity
sequenceFollows Torah
surface form: Pentateuch
sequencePrecedes Wisdom Literature
surface form: Wisdom Books (Christian canon)
theologicalTheme God’s dealings with Israel
covenant faithfulness
judgment and restoration
usedIn Christian theology
Jewish–Christian dialogue

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Ezra–Nehemiah positionInCanon Historical Books (Christian canon)
Historical Books (Christian canon) hasAlternativeName Historical Books (Christian canon)
this entity surface form: Historical Books of the Old Testament
Historical Books (Christian canon) hasAlternativeName Historical Books (Christian canon)
this entity surface form: History Books (Christian canon)