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The Epistle of Jude, with its one chapter, is among the shortest writings in the New Testament and the last of the Catholic epistles. The author is Jude, brother of James.

The letter is a call to fight for the right Christian faith and a warning to the Church against those false teachers who "abuse the grace of our God for secession." The letter is characterized by sharp condemnations of these false teachers and picturesque descriptions of the judgment against them. The text makes frequent use of images, narratives and metaphors drawn particularly from the Old Testament and other Hebrew literature.

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The third epistle of John is the third of John's epistles in the New Testament. It is the second shortest book in the entire Christian Bible, after the second of John.

The letter appears addressed to a man named Gaius (or Gaius) but it is not known exactly if it is the same person who lived in Macedonia and who is quoted in Acts 19:29 or the Corinthian mentioned in Romans 16:23 or the one who lived in Derbe, quoted in Acts 20:4.

It was written for the purpose of commending Gaius to a group of Christians led by Demetrius, who were strangers in the place where he lived and who had the mission to preach the gospel 3John 7. They had been refused hospitality by a local Christian chieftain, Diotrephes.

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The Second Epistle of John is a book of the New Testament. It is the shortest book in the entire Bible: it consists of only thirteen verses.

It is a letter addressed to "the elect lady" (Ἐκκλεκτῇ) and closes with the words "The children of your elect sister greet you" (2 John 13). Of the thirteen verses that compose this epistle, seven are contained in the first of John. The person to whom the letter is addressed is commended for his piety and warned against false teachers.

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John's first letter is traditionally one of the Catholic letters and is in the canonical order the 23rd book of the New Testament. The letter is also counted among the "Johannine Scriptures" - among which are the Gospel of John, the three Epistles of John and in many circles also the Revelation of John.

It is common to assume that John's first letter was written towards the end of the first century in Ephesus, but the dating is uncertain. The key personalities are the Apostles Peter and Paul. Its purpose was to warn about the increasing threat of false teachings and to reassure Christians of their faith and love in Jesus Christ.

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The book of 2^nd Peter is a General Epistle (Apostolic Letter). It was written to all believers in general. The author is Peter who wrote it about 63-64 AD. The key personalities are the Apostles Peter and Paul. Its purpose was to warn against the increasing number of false teachers attacking the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

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The book of 1^st Peter is a General Epistle (Apostolic Letter). It was written to all believers in general. The author is Peter who wrote it about 60 A.D. The key personalities are the Apostle Peter, Silas, and Mark. Its purpose was to encourage suffering Christians and to call them to personal holiness; Peter’s central focus is persecution.

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The Letter of James is one of the Catholic letters (in the sense of "universal letters") of the New Testament, written by James the Just and dated around 50.

The short letter, believed to be addressed to the twelve tribes of Israel, is most likely a homily that then, because of the richness of its contents, began to circulate among the early Christian communities to be read in the assemblies.

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The Letter to the Hebrews is a work included in the New Testament, in which the profile and mission of Jesus are outlined through comparison with the figure of the high priest in the Old Testament.

Its literary genre is much discussed. Much more than a letter or a homily, the text turns out to be a "treatise for Christians of Jewish and ethnic origin now Hellenized."

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The Letter to Philemon is one of the texts of the New Testament, the shortest of Paul's letters, as it consists of only 25 verses. The letter is addressed to Philemon, to Affia, probably Philemon's wife, to Archippus, whom some scholars identify as the son of the addressee, and to the church that was in the same house of Philemon.

The main addressee is Philemon, a Christian invited by Paul to welcome Onesimus, one of his servants who had fled.

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The letter to Titus is one of the texts of the New Testament, written by Paul of Tarsus and addressed to his disciple Titus.

Titus was a Greek, Paul's companion and co-worker (Galatians 2:1-3, Second Letter to the Corinthians 8:23; perhaps he was baptized by Paul himself, who therefore calls him a true son according to the common faith (1:4). He was soon to stand out among the most zealous and open-minded Christians, if the Apostle brought him, together with Barnabas, to the Council of Jerusalem (49-50 AD), where the line of freedom from the Mosaic law advocated by Paul prevailed.

Titus appears in the letter as the person responsible for the Christian community of Crete. We do not know precisely when Paul evangelized the island of Crete. Acts 27:8-9 speaks of the apostle's stay in Crete for a considerable time, on the occasion of his journey to Rome after the appeal to Caesar; it could be that he already preached the Gospel then. Certainly, however, St. Paul was also in Crete on another occasion, namely when he left Titus there to complete the work he had begun: this should have happened after his liberation from the first Roman captivity (64 AD).

The subject of the epistle is sound doctrine and the good works that follow from it.

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The Second Letter to Timothy is one of the three pastoral letters included in the New Testament, written by Paul of Tarsus.

Since the eighteenth century it has been customary to group together, under the name of pastoral letters, the First Letter to Timothy, the Second Letter to Timothy and the Letter to Titus: in these letters Paul addresses his closest collaborators Timothy and Titus, to whom he entrusted the task of following the various churches he founded.

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The First Letter to Timothy is one of three epistles known as pastoral letters included in the New Testament, and is written by Paul of Tarsus.

The letter addressed to his young disciple Timothy while he was in Ephesus, was written by Paul while he was in Macedonia. Some scholars place the date of the writing of the epistle between 63 or according to others in 66-67.

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The Second Letter to the Thessalonians is one of the texts that make up the New Testament. It belongs to the corpus of Pauline letters, and is addressed to the Church of Thessalonica. It is called "Second" to distinguish it from the First Letter to the Thessalonians, which is also included in the biblical canon.

According to tradition, the letter was written by the apostle while he was in Corinth during his first trip to Europe, around 50; unable to return to Thessalonica sent his disciple Timothy to comfort believers and bring them news.

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The First Letter to the Thessalonians is one of the texts of the New Testament. It was written by Paul of Tarsus around 53. The letter is the oldest New Testament writing that has come down to us.

The letter, which is particularly interesting for studying the conditions in the early churches, is organized into five chapters and can be divided in relation to the trials it faced and how it became a model of faith for many.

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The Letter to the Colossians is one of the texts of the New Testament; it was written by Paul of Tarsus in Rome during his first imprisonment, probably in the summer of the year 62.

The layout consists of two parts: a doctrinal and a practical one. The first chapter contains Paul's greetings to the Colossians. The next two chapters are doctrinal and contain statements about the redemptive role of Jesus Christ, the danger of false worship, and the importance of the resurrection. The last chapter teaches that the "saints" are to show wisdom in everything and closes the letter with formulas of greeting.

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The Letter to the Philippians is one of the New Testament texts that Christian tradition and broad scholarly consensus attributes to Paul of Tarsus. Written between 53 and 62, for the Christian community founded by Paul himself in Philippi.

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The Letter to the Ephesians is one of Paul's letters included in the New Testament, written during his imprisonment in Rome around the year 62. The key personalities of Ephesians are the Apostle Paul and Tychicus. It was written to encourage believers to walk as fruitful followers of Christ and to serve in unity and love in the midst of persecution.

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The Letter to the Galatians is one of the texts that make up the New Testament.

The letter, written by Paul of Tarsus between 54 and 57, was composed to counter a preaching made by some Jewish Christians after the apostle had left the community: these missionaries had convinced some Galatians that Paul's teaching was incomplete and that salvation required the observance of the Law of Moses, in particular circumcision. Paul condemned this orientation, proclaiming the freedom of believers and salvation by faith.

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The Second Epistle to the Corinthians is one of the texts that make up the New Testament, which Christian tradition and almost unanimous scholars attribute to Paul of Tarsus. According to scholars, it was composed in 54/55. It was addressed to the Christian community in the Greek city of Corinth.

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"Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity."

(First Letter to the Corinthians, 13:1,13)

The First Letter to the Corinthians is one of the texts that make up the New Testament, which Christian tradition and almost unanimous scholars attribute to Paul of Tarsus. The letter is addressed to the Christian community in the Greek city of Corinth and written in Ephesus (16.8), according to scholars it was composed in the chronological span of 53-57, or more strictly in 53/54 according to some others.

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"To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world."

(Letter to the Romans, 1:7-8)

The Letter to the Romans or Epistle to the Romans is a New Testament Greek language text written by Paul of Tarsus, the apostle to the Gentiles (Romans 11:13) and addressed to the Christians of Rome, whom he described as known "throughout the world" (Romans 1:8) for their great faith. The letter, the longest of those composed by Paul, is considered his most important theological legacy. Biblical scholars agree that it was composed to explain that salvation is offered through the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

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The Acts of the Apostles is a text contained in the New Testament, written in ancient Greek. Its final editing probably dates back to around 80-90, but dates around 60-70 AD have also been proposed. Christian tradition attributes it to Luke, Paul's co-worker and author of the Gospel according to Luke.

Acts consists of 28 chapters and tells the story of the Christian community from the ascension of Jesus (1:6-11) until Paul's arrival in Rome (28:16), covering a period from approximately 30 to 63 AD. In addition to Paul, the work also dwells at length on the work of the Apostle Peter.

The book describes the rapid development, expansion and organisation of the Christian witness first among the Jews and then in the nations bordering the Mediterranean.

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The Gospel according to John is one of the four canonical gospels contained in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.

Written in Greek, it consists of 21 chapters and, like the other gospels, narrates the ministry of Jesus. The Gospel according to John differs significantly from the other three gospels, known as the Synoptics, although it seems to presuppose knowledge of at least the Gospel according to Mark, from which it sometimes reproduces peculiar expressions. While the Synoptics are based on Jesus' preaching of the Kingdom of God, the Fourth Gospel goes deeper into the question of Christ's identity.

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The Gospel according to Luke (Greek: Κατὰ Λουκᾶν εὐαγγέλιον) is one of the canonical gospels of the New Testament and is divided into 24 chapters. It narrates the life of Jesus and opens with the miraculous births of John the Baptist and Jesus, then describes the latter's ministry in Galilee, made up of preaching, exorcisms and miracles; after revealing his divine nature to the disciples with the transfiguration, Jesus goes to Jerusalem, where he is crucified and buried, then rises again, appears to his disciples and finally ascends to heaven.

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The Gospel according to Mark (Ancient Greek: Κατὰ Μᾶρκον) is the second of the four canonical gospels of the New Testament. It is written in Koinè Greek and, according to the hypothesis most widely shared by scholars, its final editing dates back to around 65-70, probably in Rome, on the basis of previous oral and written traditions, probably partly formulated in Aramaic. It consists of 16 chapters and, like the other gospels, narrates the ministry of Jesus, describing him in particular as the Son of God and providing numerous linguistic clarifications, designed especially for Latin-speaking and generally non-Jewish readers.

The gospel recounts the life of Jesus from his baptism at the hands of John the Baptist to the empty tomb and the announcement of his resurrection, but focuses mainly on the events of the last week of his life. The concise narrative portrays Jesus as a man of action, an exorcist, a healer and a miracle worker. Jesus is called the "Son of Man", the "Son of God", and the "Christ" (Greek translation of "Messiah").

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The Gospel according to Matthew (Greek: Κατὰ Μαθθαῖον εὐαγγέλιον) is one of the four canonical gospels of the New Testament and one of the three synoptic gospels. It narrates the life and ministry of Jesus: it describes his genealogy, virgin birth and infancy, baptism and temptation, ministry as a healer and preacher in Galilee, the journey and entry into Jerusalem, followed by the expulsion of the sellers from the Temple and, finally, the crucifixion, death, burial and resurrection.

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The Minor Prophets (also called the Twelve Prophets), in Hebrew תרי עשר (tərê ʿaśar, 'the twelve' in Aramaic), in Greek Μικροί προφήτες (mikròi profétes, 'minor prophets') or Δωδεκαπροφήτον (Dodekaproféton, 'twelve prophets'), are the authors of twelve prophetic books in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.

They are defined as "minor" because of the brevity of their books as opposed to those of the other authors of prophetic books, called major: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Daniel.

The order of the twelve books is: Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi.

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The Book of Daniel (in Hebrew: דניאל?, Daniy'èl; in ancient Greek: Δανιήλ, Danièl; in Latin: Daniel) is a text contained in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. It describes the events set in the exile of Babylon (587-538 BC) of the prophet Daniel, a wise Jew who remains faithful to God, and apocalyptic visions foretelling the Son of Man-Messiah and the kingdom of God.

According to the hypothesis most widely accepted by scholars, the final editing of the book took place in Judea in the Maccabean era, around the time of the death of Antiochus IV Epiphanes, which occurred in 164 BC. It is written in Hebrew but contains an extensive section in Aramaic (Dan 2:4-7:28). The Greek versions (the "Septuagint" and Theodotion) and the Syriac Peshitta also contain some sections absent from the Masoretic text (Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Young Men in the Furnace; Story of Susanna; Bel and the Dragon), for which a Semitic original is assumed.

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The Book of Ezekiel (Hebrew יחזקאל, yehzqè'l; Greek Ιεζεκιήλ, iezekiél; Latin Ezechièl) is a text contained in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.

It is written in Hebrew and, according to the hypothesis most shared by scholars, the final editing of the book took place in Judea in the fifth century BC, on the basis of previous oracles attributed to the prophet Ezekiel dated between about 592-571 BC, proffered in the Kingdom of Judah and the Exile of Babylon.

It consists of 48 chapters and the specific theme of the book is the invitation to submission to God, always with his people even if they are in exile in Babylon: in the end Israel will be victorious. 

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The Book of Lamentations (Hebrew Qinot, funeral laments; Greek Θρήνοι, thrénoi, "laments"; Latin Lamentationes) is a text contained in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.

It is written in Hebrew and the writing of the book took place in Judea shortly after the destruction of Jerusalem (587 BC). The book was written in response to the Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem in 586 BC.

It consists of 5 chapters containing various poetic hymns describing the desolation of destroyed Jerusalem, seen as divine retribution for the sins of the Jews.

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The Book of Jeremiah (Hebrew ירמיהו, Yermihàu; Greek Ιερεμίας, Ieremías; Latin Ieremias) is a text contained in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.

It is written in Hebrew and, according to the hypothesis most shared by scholars, the final writing of the book took place in Judea in 5th century BC, based on previous oracles attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, active in the Kingdom of Judah between about 626-586 BC.

It consists of 52 chapters and, in addition to the typical themes of the Hebrew prophets (fidelity to God, contempt for the nations and pagan idols), the specific theme of the book is that of the invitation to submission to the Neo-Babylonian Empire, which was not followed by King Ioiakim and the ruling class and which led to the deportation and exile from Babylon. God, through Jeremiah, wants to announce to his people the will that they, free from all ambitions of a powerful nature, be a faithful people, completely entrusted to his paternity, under which they can live in harmony defending the right of all.

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The Book of Isaiah (Hebrew: ישעיהו, ysha'ihàu; Greek: Ησαΐας, Esaḯas; Latin: Isāias) is a text contained in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.

It is written in Hebrew and, according to the hypothesis most shared by scholars, the final writing of the book took place in Judea in the fifth century BC by an unknown author, based on oracles and previous texts of different origin:

Proto-Isaiah (chapters 1-39): ca. 740-700 BC during the ministry of the prophet Isaiah, particularly in the context of the Syro-Ephraimic War, exhortations to trust in God, transcendent and faithful;

Deutero-Isaiah (chapters 40-55): 550-539 BC, during the Exile of Babylon, exhortation to the oppressed people, the "servant of Yahweh."

Trito-Isaiah (chapters 56-66): 537-520 BC after return from exile, oracles against idolatry, hope for conversion of pagan nations.

The common theme that catalyzed the Unitarian collection is that of God's Salvation of the people.

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The Song of Solomon (Hebrew שיר השירים, shìr hasshirìm, Cantico sublime; Greek ᾎσμα ᾈσμάτων, ásma asmáton; Latin Canticum Canticorum) is a text contained in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.

Attributed to King Solomon, famous for his wisdom, his songs and also for his loves, the Song of Songs was composed no earlier than the fourth century BC and is one of the last texts accepted into the canon of the Bible, about a century after the birth of Christ, according to Jewish tradition with the rabbinical synod of Jamnia. It consists of eight chapters containing love poems in dialogic form between a man (Solomon) and a woman (Sulammite).

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The Book of Ecclesiastes (Hebrew קהלת, Qohelet, "gathering", from the pseudonym of the author; Greek Ἐκκλησιαστής, Ekklesiastès, "gathering"; Latin Ecclesiastes or Qoelet), is a text contained in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.

It is written in Hebrew (with several Aramaicisms) and its writing took place in Judea in the fifth or third century BC by an unknown author who claims to be King Solomon, because at that time it was customary to attribute works to historical figures considered wise.

Ecclesiastes consists of 12 chapters containing various sapiential meditations on life.

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The Book of Proverbs (Hebrew משלי, mishlèy; Greek Παροιμίες, paroimíes; Latin Prouerbia) is a text contained in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.

It is written in Hebrew and, according to the hypothesis most shared by scholars, the final editing of the book took place in Judea in the fifth century BC, collecting texts composed by unknown authors along the previous centuries until the monarchical period (XI-X century BC).

It is composed of 31 chapters containing various proverbs and sapiential sayings.

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The Book of Psalms (Hebrew תהילים, transliterated tehillìm or tehilim (Hebrew masculine plural); Greek Ψαλμοί, psalmòi; Latin Psalms) is a text contained in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.

It is written in Hebrew and, according to the hypothesis most shared by scholars, the final editing of the book took place in Judea, perhaps at the end of the third century BC, collecting texts of various origins, composed by unknown authors along the previous centuries (the psalm considered the oldest is 104, which takes the Egyptian Hymn to the Sun of the fourteenth century BC).

It is composed of 150 chapters, each of which represents an autonomous psalm or hymn of various kinds: praise, supplication, sapiential meditation. The Book of Psalms is included among the Sapiential Books, it is also called Praise or Psalter.

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The Book of Job (Hebrew איוב; Greek Ιώβ; Latin Iob) is a text contained in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.

According to the sixth-century prophet Ezekiel, Job was a man of antiquity renowned for being a righteous man, and therefore the author of the book may have chosen him as a character in a wisdom story, a parable. The hypothesis that Job is merely a character in a story is also suggested by the name itself, which means "the persecuted one" and was discussed as early as antiquity by both Jews in the Babylonian Talmud and Christians.

The anonymous author was almost certainly an Israelite, although he set the story outside of Israel, in southern Edom or northern Arabia, making allusion to places as far apart as Mesopotamia and Egypt. Some narrative details suggest that the author had in mind the story of the Babylonian king Nabonides, who resided in the oasis of Tema between 550 and 540 BC due to a severe skin disease.

The book consists of 42 chapters describing the story of the wise Job, whose life is tested by inexplicable tribulations, with extensive meditations contained in dialogues with his three friends on why God allows evil to the righteous man (see Theodicy).

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The Book of Esther (Hebrew אסתר; Greek Ἐσθήρ; Latin Esther) is a text contained in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.

It was originally written in Hebrew and, according to the hypothesis most shared by scholars, its final editing, by unknown authors, is located towards the end of the second century BC in Mesopotamia, possibly in Babylon.

It consists of 10 chapters, which tell the story of the Hebrew Esther, an orphan girl, cousin of Mordecai (Est 2:15), who becomes the wife of the Persian king Ahasuerus (fifth century BC) and saves the Jewish people from the plots of the evil Aman.

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The Book of Nehemiah (Hebrew נחמיה; Greek Νεεμίας; Latin Liber Nehemiae) is a text contained in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. It is written in Hebrew and, in Latin, Liber Nehemiae.

The book is written in Hebrew and, according to the hypothesis most shared by scholars, its final editing, the work of unknown authors, is placed between the late fourth and mid-third century BC in Judea. It consists of 13 chapters describing the reforming activity of Nehemiah in Jerusalem after his return from the Babylonian Exile, in particular the reconstruction of the city walls (about 445-432 BC).

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The Book of Ezra (Hebrew עזרא; Greek Έσδρας; Latin Ezra) is a text contained in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.

It is written in Hebrew with some sections in Aramaic and, according to the hypothesis most shared by scholars, its final writing, by unknown authors, is placed between the late fourth and mid-third century BC in Judea.

It consists of 10 chapters describing the return of the Jews from exile in Babylon and the rebuilding of the temple (about 538-515 BC), and then the reforming activity of Ezra in Jerusalem (perhaps from 398 BC).

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The two books of Chronicles (Hebrew דברי הימים divré ha-yamim, "things of the days"; Greek A'-B' Παραλειπομένων 1-2 Paraleipomenōn, "I and II [book] of omissions"; Latin 1-2 Paralipomenon) are two texts contained in the "Tanakh" (where they are counted as a single text) and in the Christian Bible.

They are written in Hebrew and, according to the hypothesis most shared by scholars, their final editing, by unknown authors, is placed around 330-250 BC in Judea. They represent a reworking of the history of the Jews already narrated in other historical texts.

The first book consists of 29 chapters containing various genealogies from Adam to David and a description of his reign (until about 970 BC). The second book consists of 36 chapters describing the reign of Solomon and the history of the kingdom of Judah, its destruction, the Babylonian exile and return (from about 970 BC to 538 BC)

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The two books of Chronicles (Hebrew דברי הימים divré ha-yamim, "things of the days"; Greek A'-B' Παραλειπομένων 1-2 Paraleipomenōn, "I and II [book] of omissions"; Latin 1-2 Paralipomenon) are two texts contained in the "Tanakh" (where they are counted as a single text) and in the Christian Bible.

They are written in Hebrew and, according to the hypothesis most shared by scholars, their final editing, by unknown authors, is placed around 330-250 BC in Judea. They represent a reworking of the history of the Jews already narrated in other historical texts.

The first book consists of 29 chapters containing various genealogies from Adam to David and a description of his reign (until about 970 BC). The second book consists of 36 chapters describing the reign of Solomon and the history of the kingdom of Judah, its destruction, the Babylonian exile and return (from about 970 BC to 538 BC)

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The Books of Kings (Hebrew ספר מלכים sèfer melakhìm (or Mǝlāḵîm), "book of kings"; Greek A'-B' or Γ'-Δ' Βασιλέων 1-2 or 3-4 basiléon, "1-2 or 3-4 of kings"; Latin 1-2 Regum) are two texts contained in the "Tanakh" (where they are counted as a single text) and the Bible.

They are written in Hebrew and, according to the hypothesis most shared by scholars, their final editing, by unknown authors, is placed in the sixth-fifth century BC in Judea, on the basis of previous oral and written traditions, in particular of the so-called Deuteronomist source of the seventh century BC.

The first book consists of 22 chapters describing the death of David, Solomon, the split of the Kingdom of Israel from the Kingdom of Judah, the ministry of the prophet Elijah (in the north), and the various kings of Israel and Judah, events dated around 970-850 BC. The second book consists of 25 chapters describing the ministry of the prophets Elisha (in the north) and Isaiah (in the south), various kings of Israel and Judah, the destruction and deportation of the Kingdom of Israel and the Kingdom of Judah, events dated around 850-587 BC.

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The Books of Kings (Hebrew ספר מלכים sèfer melakhìm (or Mǝlāḵîm), "book of kings"; Greek A'-B' or Γ'-Δ' Βασιλέων 1-2 or 3-4 basiléon, "1-2 or 3-4 of kings"; Latin 1-2 Regum) are two texts contained in the "Tanakh" (where they are counted as a single text) and the Bible.

They are written in Hebrew and, according to the hypothesis most shared by scholars, their final editing, by unknown authors, is placed in the sixth-fifth century BC in Judea, on the basis of previous oral and written traditions, in particular of the so-called Deuteronomist source of the seventh century BC.

The first book consists of 22 chapters describing the death of David, Solomon, the split of the Kingdom of Israel from the Kingdom of Judah, the ministry of the prophet Elijah (in the north), and the various kings of Israel and Judah, events dated around 970-850 BC. The second book consists of 25 chapters describing the ministry of the prophets Elisha (in the north) and Isaiah (in the south), various kings of Israel and Judah, the destruction and deportation of the Kingdom of Israel and the Kingdom of Judah, events dated around 850-587 BC.

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The books of Samuel (Hebrew שמואל' Σαμουήλ 1-2 samuèl or A'-B' Βασιλέων 1-2 basiléon, "1-2 kings"; Latin 1-2 Samuel) are two texts contained in the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh, where they are counted as a single text) and in the Christian Bible.

They are written in Hebrew and, according to the hypothesis most shared by scholars, their final editing by unknown authors, is placed in the sixth-fifth century BC in Judea, on the basis of previous oral and written traditions, in particular of the so-called Deuteronomist source of the seventh century BC.

The first book consists of 31 chapters describing the prophetic ministry of Samuel, the reign of Saul, and the youth of David, set in Judea around 1100-1010 BC. The second book consists of 24 chapters describing the reign of David around 1010-970 BC.

The two Books of Samuel constitute, with the following two books of Kings, a continuous work, so much so that the Greek version of the Septuagint and the Latin version of St. Jerome, the so-called Vulgate, have preferred to call them in their entirety the Four Books of Kings (in Greek Basileion).

The name "Books of Samuel" derives from a late Talmudic opinion that attributed their compilation to the prophet Samuel.

Both the books of Samuel and those of Kings are to be traced back to a single project, that of outlining the historical events of Israel from the end of the era of the Judges until the end of the monarchy with the Babylonian invasion of Nebuchadnezzar II: a period of time that covers over six centuries. The final editing dates back to the sixth century BC.

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The books of Samuel (Hebrew שמואל' Σαμουήλ 1-2 samuèl or A'-B' Βασιλέων 1-2 basiléon, "1-2 kings"; Latin 1-2 Samuel) are two texts contained in the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh, where they are counted as a single text) and in the Christian Bible.

They are written in Hebrew and, according to the hypothesis most shared by scholars, their final editing by unknown authors, is placed in the sixth-fifth century BC in Judea, on the basis of previous oral and written traditions, in particular of the so-called Deuteronomist source of the seventh century BC.

The first book consists of 31 chapters describing the prophetic ministry of Samuel, the reign of Saul, and the youth of David, set in Judea around 1100-1010 BC. The second book consists of 24 chapters describing the reign of David around 1010-970 BC.

The two Books of Samuel constitute, with the following two books of Kings, a continuous work, so much so that the Greek version of the Septuagint and the Latin version of St. Jerome, the so-called Vulgate, have preferred to call them in their entirety the Four Books of Kings (in Greek Basileion).

The name "Books of Samuel" derives from a late Talmudic opinion that attributed their compilation to the prophet Samuel.

Both the books of Samuel and those of Kings are to be traced back to a single project, that of outlining the historical events of Israel from the end of the era of the Judges until the end of the monarchy with the Babylonian invasion of Nebuchadnezzar II: a period of time that covers over six centuries. The final editing dates back to the sixth century BC.

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The Book of Ruth (Hebrew רות; Greek Ῥουθ; Latin Rut) is a text contained in the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) and Christian.

It is written in Hebrew and its writing, by unknown authors, is placed by various scholars between the fifth and second century BC, probably in Judea.

The book of Ruth describes the story, set in the Judea of the time of the Judges (XI century B.C.), of the gentile (i.e. not Jewish, as Moabite) Ruth, model of piety and great-grandmother of the future king David. Rut married a Jew who had immigrated to his country and was left a widow. In turn, she immigrates to the land of Israel, where she meets a relative of her husband, Booz, who is unexpectedly willing to marry her to redeem her from despair. The common thread of these events is the very strong bond that exists between the young widow and her mother-in-law Noemi (name also transcribed as Naomi), herself a widow, a bond that will ensure that the two women will not separate even in the most desperate moment, and that the young woman will sacrifice her last chance to rebuild her life in her country of origin in order to stay with the old woman.

(From Italian Wikipedia)