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The Jews had many prophets. The main prophets were:
(יהושע / Y'hoshua) - Joshua
(שמואל / Sh'muel) - Samuel
(ישעיה / Y'shayahu) - Isaiah
(ירמיה / Yir'mi'yahu) - Jeremiah
(יחזקאל / Y'khezqel) - Ezekiel
(הושע / Hoshea) - Hosea
(יואל / Yo'el) - Joel
(עמוס / Amos) - Amos
(עובדיה / Ovadyah) - Obadiah
(יונה / Yonah) - Jonah
(מיכה / Mikhah) - Micah
(נחום / Nakhum) - Nahum
(חבקוק /Havakuk) - Habakkuk
(צפניה / Ts'phanyah) - Zephaniah
(חגי / Khagai) - Haggai
(זכריה / Z'kharyah) - Zechariah
(מלאכי / Mal'akhi) - Malachi
Judaism has thousands of prophets. The majority of which had messages for only their generation so they weren't recorded in the Tanach (Jewish Bible). Below is a list of the prophets whose messages were deemed important for future generations and therefore were documented in the Tanach (there are a number of other prophets mentioned in the Tanach but aren't as significant as those below):
The 7 females listed in the Talmud are:
1. Sarah
2. Miriam
3. Devorah
4. Hannah (mother of Shmuel)
5. Avigail (who became a wife of David Hamelech)
6. Huldah (from the time of Yirmiyahu)
7. Esther
One compilation of the male prophets is:
1. Avraham (Abraham)
2. Yitzchak (Isaac)
3. Yaakov (Jacob)
4. Moshe (Moses)
5. Aharon (Aaron)
6. Yehoshuah (Joshua)
7. Pinchas
8. Elkanah (father of Shmuel)
9. Eli
10. Shmuel (Samuel)
11. Gad
12. Nosson
13. David Hamelech (King David)
14. Shlomo Hamelech (King Soloman)
15. Aidoin the Golah
16. Micha Ben Yamla in the time of Achav
17. Ovadiah
18. Achiah Hashiloni
19. Yehu Ben Hanani in the time of Asah
20. Azaryah Ben Oded in the time of Yehoshaphat from Divrei Hayamim
21. Haziel from Bnei Masni
22. Eliezer his cousin
23. Morishah
24. Hoshea
25. Amos in the time of Yeravam Ben Yoash
26. Micha in the time of Yosam
27. Eliyahu (Elijah)
28. Elisha
29. Yonah Ben Amitai
30. Yeshayah in the time of Menashe in the time of Yoshea
31. Yoel (Joel)
32. Nachum
33. Habakuk
34. Zephaniah
35. Uriah from Kiryat Yearim
36. Yirmiyahu (Jeremiah)
37. Yehezkel
38. Baruch
39. Neriah
40. Sharyah
41. Machsiyah
42. Hagai
43. Zechariah
44. Malachi
45. Mordechai
Note: Daniel is not a prophet according to the teachings of Judaism.
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∙ 6y ago- Abraham (Genesis ch.11-25).
- Isaac (Genesis ch.17, 21, 22 and 26)
- Jacob (Genesis ch.25, and 27-35)
- Moses (Exodus ch.2 onwards)
- Joshua, Deborah (Judges ch.4-5), Samuel, Isaiah, Jeremiah.
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Abraham and Moses
What are Judaism's major prophets?
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What are the major books of Islam and Judaism?
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Who are some of judaism religion's important figures?
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Did the major prophets receive some education?
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Do Judaism and Christianity practice polygamy?
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Have there been Jewish prophets since Christ?
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What religion are Abraham and moses are considered prophets?
Judaism.
Which prophets do Judaism Christianity and Islam all share?
Judaism and Christianity share all the prophets of the Old Testament while Islam recognizes about 20 with the major exception being Ishmael which only Islam considers a prophet. Judaism recognizes no New Testament prophets which ends with Jesus Christ while Islam recognizes about 3 or so which includes Jesus Christ.
What is the distinction between minor and major prophets based on What book of the bible is some times referred to as a miniature Bible?
The major prophets writing is lengthy than the minor prophets. Isaiah is referred to as the miniature bible.
