Samuel was called by God when he was a boy, Daniel was 17 years roughly and a prisoner in a unknown country that did not know God, Jeremiah wrote two books , Jeremiah and Lamentations.
There are no prophets of atheism.
The difference between "major" prophets and "minor" prophets is, basically, the length of the books attributed to or about them.
God treated them equally , they are called major and minor prophets according to their books.
In the bible there are two main type of prophets. They are the major and minor prophets.
The two types of prophets are major prophets and minor prophets. Major prophets like Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel have longer books in the Old Testament, while minor prophets like Hosea, Joel, and Malachi have shorter books.
The Major Prophets are 'ahead' of the Minor Prophets only because of the length of their books. Their specific messages are not any more important than those of the the Minor Prophets; they simply have longer inspired, canonical messages. Some of the Minor Prophets, particularly Amos, lived before such Major Prophets as Jeremiah. The Book of the Prophet Isaiah also apparently comprises the oracles and messages of three prophets in succession, contributing to its length.Open in Google Docs ViewerOpen link in new tabOpen link in new windowOpen link in new incognito windowDownload fileCopy link addressEdit PDF File on PDFescape.com
The major prophets and their books are Daniel, Samuel, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Isaiah.
The major prophets were Samuel , Daniel, Jeremiah, Isaiah.Ezekiel.The major prophets are:Isaiah Jeremiah Lamentations Ezekiel DanielThe minor prophets are:Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah haggai Zechariah MalachiThe minor prophets are called the minor prophets because the lives of the prophets were more obscure and their writings were shorter not because they were less important.
Lamentations lised in the major prophets as it is written by Jeremiah.
These books in the Old Testament are called the Prophets. There are the major prophets and the minor prophets. The major prophets are: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, and Daniel. The minor prophets are: Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi. The Major Prophets are called "major" because their books are longer and the content has wide, even global implications. The Minor Prophets are called "minor" because their books are shorter and the content is more narrowly focused.
The major prophets wrote more chapters and verses as well. Minor prophets like Amos and Micah had small books.
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