How many minor prophets books in the Old Testament?

Answer 1

The difference between a "major prophet" and a "minor prophet" is their scope, not their significance. The "minor prophets" in the Bible see only the events that are coming to the "specific nation" they are assigned to. The "major prophets" see events coming upon not only their nation "but the nations of the world---world events.

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Zehaniah, a 'minor' prophet says in 3:8 "Therefore wait for Me," declares the LORD, "For the day when I rise up as a witness. Indeed, My decision is to gather nations, To assemble kingdoms, To pour out on them My indignation, All My burning anger; For all the earth will be devoured By the fire of My zeal.

Seems to me he is addressing 'the nations f the world' but is a 'minor' prophets.

**The initial difference written above is inaccurate, because how do you explain Joel's prophecy about the Holyghost in Joel 2:28, 29? And Joel is considered a minor prophet. So I will stick with the difference being in the length of their prophecies.

Answer 2

Minor Prophets refer to the length of the prophetic books found in the Christian Old Testament. It does not refer to the importance of the prophet or the importance of their writings. In fact, it doesn't refer to the person (prophet) at all. Rather it refers to the book that bears their name.

There are twelve books that make up the Minor Prophets. They are: Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi. Collectively, they were/are presented as one book: the "Twelve" in the Hebrew Bible, which is how we came to have twelve such books classified together in the Christian Bible.

Answer 3

The "Minor Prophets" refers to these books of The Bible:

Hosea

Joel

Amos

Obadiah

Jonah

Michah

Nahum

Habakkuk

Zephaniah

Haggai

Zechariah

Malachi

(The are "minor" only in that less is written about them than some other prophets like Isaiah, but they are not considered to be any less important.)

Answer 4

Major and Minor prophets refer to the length of the prophetic books and not the importance of the people or their writings. These are terms used in the Christian religion. The Minor Prophets are a collection of twelve prophetic books of smaller size than the "Major Prophets". This classification refers to books in the Old Testament. In the Jewish Scriptures, the twelve "Minor Prophets" were presented as one book and simply referred to as "The Twelve".

Answer 5

Books from Hosea to Malachi (the last 12 books in the old testament) are called minor prophets. The prophets themselves aren't minor; their books being very small are termed as minor prophets

Answer 6

There are 5 major prophets: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations Ezekiel, and Daniel.

Answer 7

There are twelve minor prophets in the Old Testament, namely Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi.

Answer 8

There were a total of nine, 9 minor prophets in the old testament.