Minor prophet
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| Tanakh Torah | Nevi'im | Ketuvim Books of Nevi'im |
| First Prophets |
|---|
| 1. Joshua |
| 2. Judges |
| 3. Samuel |
| 4. Kings |
| Later Prophets |
| 5. Isaiah |
| 6. Jeremiah |
| 7. Ezekiel |
| 8. 12 minor prophets |
A minor prophet is a book in the Twelve Prophets section of the Hebrew Bible, also known to Christians as the book of Minor Prophets of the Old Testament. Twelve individuals have had their names attributed to a section of the Hebrew Bible which has become known by the Aramaic term as the Trei Asar ("Twelve") in traditional Jewish editions and "Books of the Minor Prophets" or the "Minor Prophets" in Christian editions.
In the Hebrew Bible the writings of the minor prophets are counted as a single book, in Christian Bibles as twelve individual books. The "Twelve" are listed below in order of their appearance in Hebrew and Western Christian bibles:
The Septuagint of the eastern churches has the order: Hosea, Amos, Micah, Joel, Obadiah, Jonah, the rest as above. It also puts the "Minor Prophets" before, instead of after the "Major prophets".
The term "minor" refers to the books' lengths, not their importance. See Major Prophets for the longer books of prophecies in the Bible and the Tanakh.
[edit] See also
- Prophetic Midrash: Stories about prophets from ancient and modern sources
