Prophets

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division of the Old Testament section of the Hebrew Bible

Prophets is a major section of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament that contains the writings and historical accounts of Israel’s prophetic figures and their messages.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Former Prophets 11
Latter Prophets 2
The Prophets 2

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf division of the Old Testament ⓘ
section of the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Neviim ⓘ
canonicalStatus authoritative scripture in Judaism ⓘ
authoritative scripture in most Christian traditions ⓘ
centralTheme call to repentance ⓘ
promise of future hope ⓘ
relationship between God and Israel ⓘ
containsBook Books of Kings ⓘ
surface form: 1 Kings

1 Samuel ⓘ
Books of Kings ⓘ
surface form: 2 Kings

2 Samuel ⓘ
Book of Ezekiel ⓘ
surface form: Ezekiel

Isaiah ⓘ
Book of Jeremiah ⓘ
surface form: Jeremiah

Joshua ⓘ
Judges ⓘ
The Twelve ⓘ
containsGenre narrative ⓘ
oracles ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
symbolic visions ⓘ
focus covenant faithfulness ⓘ
history of Israel ⓘ
judgment and restoration ⓘ
prophetic messages ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
follows Torah ⓘ
hasPart Prophets self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Former Prophets

Neviim ⓘ
surface form: Latter Prophets

Major Prophets ⓘ
The Twelve Minor Prophets ⓘ
surface form: Minor Prophets
language Aramaic ⓘ
surface form: Biblical Aramaic

Hebrew ⓘ
surface form: Biblical Hebrew
partOf Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Bible ⓘ
surface form: Old Testament
positionInTanakh second section ⓘ
precedes Writings ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
structureInChristianity Prophetic Books ⓘ
surface form: Major Prophets and Minor Prophets
structureInJudaism Neviim ⓘ
surface form: Former Prophets and Latter Prophets
timeSpanDescribed from Israelite settlement in Canaan to post-exilic period ⓘ
usedIn Christian lectionaries ⓘ
Jewish liturgy ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

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

Neviim → alsoKnownAs → Prophets ⓘ
Judges → belongsToSection → Prophets ⓘ
subject surface form: Book of Judges
this entity surface form: Former Prophets
Neviim → contains → Prophets ⓘ
this entity surface form: Former Prophets
Neviim → contains → Prophets ⓘ
this entity surface form: Latter Prophets
Surah Al-Anbiya → englishName → Prophets ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Prophets
Bible → hasMajorDivision → Prophets ⓘ
Prophetic Books → hasPart → Prophets ⓘ
this entity surface form: Former Prophets
Prophets → hasPart → Prophets self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Former Prophets
this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible prophets
Book of Joshua → literaryGroup → Prophets ⓘ
this entity surface form: Former Prophets
this entity surface form: The Prophets
1 Samuel → partOf → Prophets ⓘ
this entity surface form: Former Prophets
2 Samuel → partOf → Prophets ⓘ
this entity surface form: Former Prophets
Joshua → partOf → Prophets ⓘ
subject surface form: Book of Joshua
this entity surface form: Former Prophets
Books of Kings → partOf → Prophets ⓘ
this entity surface form: Former Prophets
Kings → partOf → Prophets ⓘ
this entity surface form: Former Prophets
this entity surface form: Latter Prophets
Gersonides → wroteCommentaryOn → Prophets ⓘ
this entity surface form: Former Prophets
Gersonides → wroteCommentaryOn → Prophets ⓘ
this entity surface form: Later Prophets