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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 Christian Old Testament.
Below they appear in their order in the Hebrew Bible. ... Pages in category "Twelve Minor Prophets" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
The Former Prophets (Hebrew: נביאים ראשונים Nevi'im Rishonim) consists of the narrative books of Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings; while the Latter Prophets (Hebrew: נביאים אחרונים Nevi'im Akharonim) include the books of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the Twelve Minor Prophets.
These names do not imply that the major prophets are more important than the minor prophets, but refer to the major prophetic books being much longer than the minor ones. [3] The books of Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel have 66, 52 and 48 chapters, respectively, while the minor prophets merely have 1 to 14 chapters per book. [6]
c. 1025 BC–c. 1003 BC [citation needed] King Saul, prophecy of Samuel, c. 1003 BC–c. 963 BC [citation needed] King David, prophecy of Nathan prophecy of Gad c. 963 BC–c. 923 BC [citation needed]
The first list below consists of only those individuals that have been clearly defined as prophets, either by explicit statement or strong contextual implication, (e.g. the purported authors of the books listed as the major prophets and minor prophets) along with the biblical reference to their office.
List of Prophets. Prophets in Judaism; Prophets of Christianity. List of Book of Mormon prophets; Prophets and messengers in Islam. Prophethood (Ahmadiyya)
English: The Leningrad Codex (Twelve Minor Prophets) from an old fascimile edition. The twelve minor prophets include Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi. This file also contains the masoretic information for the end of Nevi'im.