Editing Five Megillot (section)

{{Short description|Group of five Jewish scriptures}}
{{other uses of|Megillah}}
{{redirect|Five Scrolls|the Pentateuch or Five Scrolls|Torah}}
{{Tanakh OT |Ketuvim}}
The '''Five Scrolls''' or the '''Five Megillot''' ({{langx|he|חמש מגילות}} {{IPA|he|χaˈmeʃ meɡiˈlot|}}, ''Hamesh Megillot'' or ''Chomeish Megillos'') are parts of the [[Ketuvim]] ("Writings"), the third major section of the [[Tanakh]] ([[Hebrew Bible]]).<ref name=FiveMegillot.EncBrit>{{cite web
   |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Megillah
   |title=Megillah |website=[[Encyclopaedia Britannica]]}}</ref> The Five Scrolls are the [[Song of Songs]], the [[Book of Ruth]], the [[Book of Lamentations]], [[Ecclesiastes]] and the [[Book of Esther]]. These five relatively short biblical books are grouped together in Jewish tradition.<ref name=FiveMegillot.JPersBook/>
[[File:Scribe and illuminator- Aaron Wolf Herlingen - The Five Scrolls in multilingual micrography Ruth, Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes, Esther, and Lamentat... - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|The five megillot in multilingual [[micrography]] (Latin and Hebrew) by Aaron Wolf Herlingen, 1748]]