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Neither. The terms "Major Prophet" or "Minor Prophet" refers to the length of prophetic books found in the Old Testament. So in strict terms prophets (the people) aren't classified as "major" or "minor". While Samuel was a prophet, the two books that bear his name: 1 Samuel and 2 Samuel are not classified as prophetic books (they contain more of a narrative of the history and events during Samuel's lifetime).

Thus Samuel is neither a major or minor prophet, and neither is Isaiah. However, the book of Isaiah being a lengthy prophetic book is considered a "Major Prophet".

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How can a prophet be determined if its major or minor?

Major prophets are just longer books. Minor prophet means that the book is shorter.


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A minor prophet.Additional Comment:Perfectly correct answer.My point is that God calls people to be a Prophet and doesn't classify them as major or minor. They are 'recruited' to do God's will at that particular time with that particular message.This is man's classification and it is based upon the lenght of the material in the book which 'minor' is usually much shorter than 'major.' :)


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