Old Testament, the Holy Bible 6.3

The Old Testament is categorized into five main sections: the Pentateuch (Genesis to Deuteronomy), the historical books (Joshua to Esther), the poetic books (Job to Song of Solomon), the Major Prophets (Isaiah to Daniel), and the Minor Prophets (Hosea to Malachi). With a span from about 1400 B.C. to around 400 B.C., the Old Testament was predominantly written in Hebrew, with a few passages composed in Aramaic, which is essentially a dialect of Hebrew.