“Hagiographic,” the adjective form of “hagiography,” describes an idealized or idolizing treatment of someone. It especially means a description or biography is overly flattering to the point of obsequiousness or distortion. Praising someone effusively for their past works, while ignoring their faults, is an example of hagiography. An older version of “hagiography” refers specifically to biographies of saints or venerated persons. In Late Greek, “hagio” means “holy” and “graphein” means “to write.” Both words come from the Hagiographa, a collection of books in the Old Testament that are considered to be divinely inspired writings. These books are Ruth, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Canticles, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Daniel, Esther, Ezra, and Chronicles.