Prophetic Books

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Old Testament division biblical literary category

The Prophetic Books are a collection of Old Testament writings attributed to prophets who conveyed divine messages, warnings, and promises to the people of Israel.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Latter Prophets	1
Major Prophets and Minor Prophets	1
Minor Prophets	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Old Testament division ⓘ biblical literary category ⓘ
audience	Tribe of Judah ⓘ surface form: Judah people of Israel ⓘ
canonicalStatus	canonical in Judaism (as Neviim) ⓘ canonical in most Christian traditions ⓘ
containsPropheciesAbout	covenant faithfulness ⓘ exile ⓘ messianic hope ⓘ return from exile ⓘ
genre	prophetic literature ⓘ
hasPart	The Twelve Minor Prophets ⓘ surface form: Book of Amos Book of Daniel ⓘ Book of Ezekiel ⓘ The Twelve Minor Prophets ⓘ surface form: Book of Habakkuk The Twelve Minor Prophets ⓘ surface form: Book of Haggai The Twelve Minor Prophets ⓘ surface form: Book of Hosea Book of Isaiah ⓘ Book of Jeremiah ⓘ The Twelve Minor Prophets ⓘ surface form: Book of Joel Book of Jonah ⓘ Lamentations ⓘ surface form: Book of Lamentations The Twelve Minor Prophets ⓘ surface form: Book of Malachi The Twelve Minor Prophets ⓘ surface form: Book of Micah The Twelve Minor Prophets ⓘ surface form: Book of Nahum The Twelve Minor Prophets ⓘ surface form: Book of Obadiah The Twelve Minor Prophets ⓘ surface form: Book of Zechariah The Twelve Minor Prophets ⓘ surface form: Book of Zephaniah Prophets ⓘ surface form: Former Prophets Prophetic Books self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Latter Prophets Major Prophets ⓘ Prophetic Books self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Minor Prophets
influenced	Christian theology ⓘ Jewish theology ⓘ
language	Aramaic ⓘ surface form: Biblical Aramaic Hebrew ⓘ surface form: Biblical Hebrew
partOf	Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible Bible ⓘ surface form: Old Testament
primaryTheme	calls to repentance ⓘ divine messages ⓘ promises of restoration ⓘ warnings of judgment ⓘ
purpose	to convey divine will ⓘ to interpret historical events theologically ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
subdivisionCriterion	historical period of prophets ⓘ length of books (major vs minor) ⓘ
usedIn	Christian liturgy ⓘ Jewish liturgy ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bible → contains → Prophetic Books ⓘ

Prophetic Books → hasPart → Prophetic Books self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Minor Prophets

Prophetic Books → hasPart → Prophetic Books self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Latter Prophets

Ezekiel 47 → partOf → Prophetic Books ⓘ

Prophets → structureInChristianity → Prophetic Books ⓘ

this entity surface form: Major Prophets and Minor Prophets