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King Uzziah of Judah c. 740 BC–c. 700 BC [citation needed] prophecy of Isaiah. prophecy of Micah. c. 722 BC [citation needed] Kingdom of Israel falls to Neo-Assyrian Empire c. 715 BC–c. 687 BC [citation needed] King Hezekiah of Judah. prophecy of Joel(?) prophecy of Nahum. c. 648 BC– c. 609 BC King Josiah of Judah. prophesy of Jeremiah
Saul, David, and Solomon, the kings who ruled the United Kingdom of Israel and Judah; Leah, wife of Jacob; Melchizedek King of Salem at the time of Abraham; Miriam, prophetess, sister of Moses and Aaron; Moses, adopted by Pharaoh's daughter in Egypt, leader of the Exodus from Egypt received the Torah or Law of Moses. Nathan, prophet in time of ...
Although the Talmud states that only “48 prophets and 7 prophetesses prophesied to Israel”, [6] it does not mean that there were only 55 prophets. The Talmud challenges this with other examples, and concludes by citing a Baraita tradition that the number of prophets in the era of prophecy was double the number of Israelites who left Egypt ...
Prophets of Christianity Prophethood in the Druze faith Prophets and messengers in Islam Prophets in Judaism Chief Prophets of Mandaeism Rastafari Samaritanism; Ádam [3] [4] Adam: ʾĀdam ʾĀdam [5] — Adam — ʾĀ̊dā̊m [6] — Abel — Hābīl — — — — — Seth — Šīṯ — Šītil — Šåt [6] — — — — — Anush ...
According to Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed the prophets used metaphors and analogies and, except for Moses, their words are not to be taken literally. According to the Talmud, prophecy ceased in Israel following the rebuilding of the second temple. Nonetheless Maimonides held that a prophet can be identified if his or her predictions come ...
The Twelve Minor Prophets (Hebrew: שנים עשר, Shneim Asar; Imperial Aramaic: תרי עשר, Trei Asar, "Twelve"; Ancient Greek: δωδεκαπρόφητον, "the Twelve Prophets"), or the Book of the Twelve, is a collection of prophetic books, written between about the 8th and 4th centuries BCE, which are in both the Jewish Tanakh and ...
Prophets according to Judaism and its texts, individuals who are regarded as being in contact with a divine being and are said to speak on behalf of that being, serving as an intermediary with humanity by delivering messages or teachings from the supernatural source to other people.
The patriarchs of the Bible, when narrowly defined, are Abraham, his son Isaac, and Isaac's son Jacob, also named Israel, the ancestor of the Israelites.These three figures are referred to collectively as the patriarchs, and the period in which they lived is known as the patriarchal age.