Hebrew Bible Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====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 Text|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). Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page