Historical books

seventh book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament

sixth book of the Bible

book of the Bible

book of the Hebrew Bible

book of the Bible

book of the Bible

book in the Septuagint, regarded as canonical in Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy, about the story of the widow Judith who assassinates an enemy general, Holofernes

deuterocanonical, apocryphal story about Tobit & Anna and their son Tobias and his adventures with Raphael

book of the Hebrew Bible, found as two books (1–2 Kings) in the Christian Old Testament

a book in the Hebrew Bible, found as two books in the Christian Old Testament

book of the Hebrew Bible, divided into two books in the Christian Old Testament

ancient Greek version of the biblical Book of Ezra as preserved in the Septuagint

group of ancient Hebrew books

one of four divisions in the Christian Old Testament

Ezra–Nehemiah (, ) is a book in the Hebrew Bible found in the Ketuvim section, originally with the Hebrew title of Ezra (, ), called Esdras B (Ἔσδρας Βʹ) in the Septuagint. The book covers the period from the fall of Babylon in 539 BCE to the second half of the 5th century BCE, and tells of the successive missions to Jerusalem of Zerubbabel, Ezra, and Nehemiah, and their efforts to restore the worship of the God of Israel and to create a purified Jewish community. In this vein, Ezra-Nehemiah contains an anti-alien polemic, forbidding intermarriage between the Israelites and gentiles. It i