Who was the first of Israel's prophets?

Answer 1

There are three possible answers.

1) Abraham, the progenitor of the Jewish people, was a prophet (Genesis 20:7).

2) Moses, who lived later than Abraham but was the first Israelite to formally prophesy in terms such as "thus spoke God", and who recorded God's words in writing.

3) Samuel, who was the beginning of the schools of the prophets, in which potential prophets were taught how to attempt to achieve prophecy.

Answer 2

Abraham.

However, as prophets are usually understood, the first prophet who guided the Israelite people was Moses. And the first to begin a permanent chain of generations of disciples was Samuel.

(Abraham lived before there was any Israelite nation; and between Moses and Samuel, prophecy was relatively rare).

See also:

More about Abraham

More about Moses

More about Samuel