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you there. This is Verity where every woman is a theologian. Welcome back to Verity

podcast everyone. Today we are talking about the canon of the

writings or in Greek the Hagia or in, the Kaituvim.

So this is the third portion of the Old Testament canon.

And if you've been following along with our series,

then you have a great foundation

for what we're talking about today.

So this is a little bit of a shorter episode because this is a shorter portion of scripture.

Well, I shouldn't say a shorter portion, but it's a less discussed portion as opposed to Torah and the prophets.

So in this section of scripture we have some familiar books that you'll recognize.

We have Psalms, proverbs, Ecclesiasties, Song of Songs, Ruth, Esther, and Daniel.

And so in this episode, we're just going to do an overview of how these books were arranged,

their general function and use, in a few debates about

their canonicity. There were a couple books in the writings that were more

debated than any of the other books in the Old Testament.

And that has made people question,

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