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by RickC » Thu Sep 03, 2015 11:26 am
I've done a little research on this related to eschatology.
From what I've found, certain portions of the Hebrew Bible were called 'the writings' (i.e., 'the scriptures') some time during or before the first century.
The Eleven Books of the Writings in the Tanach
(Kesuvim or Ketuvim)
Psalms - Tehilim
Proverbs - Mishlei
Job - Iyov
Song of Songs - Shir HaShirim
Ruth - Rus
Lamentations - Eicha
Ecclesiastes - Koheles
Esther
Daniel - Doniel
Ezra/Nehemia
Chronicles - Divrei Hayamim
These may or may not be what Luke referenced. In other Gospels, it may well have been (such as when Jesus told the Sadducees 'You do not know the writings, nor the power of God'; noting that Sadducees only accepted the Torah: first five books of the then Jewish canon).