Prophetic books
# Prophetic books

Hebrew Bible (Judaism) :

Torah (Instruction)GenesisBereshitExodusShemotLeviticusWayiqraNumbersBemidbarDeuteronomyDevarim :

Nevi'im (Prophets)

Former

JoshuaYehoshuaJudgesShofetimSamuelShemuelKingsMelakhim

Latter

IsaiahYeshayahuJeremiahYirmeyahuEzekielYekhezqel

Minor

Hosea

Joel

Amos

Obadiah

Jonah

Micah

Nahum

Habakkuk

Zephaniah

Haggai

Zechariah

Malachi :

Ketuvim (Writings)

Poetic

PsalmsTehillimProverbsMishleiJobIyov

Five Megillot (Scrolls)

Song of SongsShir HashirimRuthRutLamentationsEikhahEcclesiastesQoheletEstherEster

Historical

DanielDaniyyelEzra–NehemiahEzraChroniclesDivre Hayyamim :

Old Testament (Christianity) :

Pentateuch

Genesis

Exodus

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy :

Historical

Joshua

Judges

Ruth

1–2 Samuel

1–2 Kings

1–2 Chronicles

Ezra

Nehemiah

Esther :

Wisdom

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Ecclesiastes

Song of Songs :

Prophetic

Major prophets

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Lamentations

Ezekiel

Daniel

Minor prophets

Hosea

Joel

Amos

Obadiah

Jonah

Micah

Nahum

Habakkuk

Zephaniah

Haggai

Zechariah

Malachi :

Deuterocanonical

Tobit

Judith

Additions to Esther

1 Maccabees

2 Maccabees

Wisdom of Solomon

Sirach

Baruch / Letter of Jeremiah

Additions to Daniel

Orthodox only

1 Esdras

2 Esdras

Prayer of Manasseh

Psalm 151

3 Maccabees

4 Maccabees

Odes

Orthodox Tewahedo

1 Enoch

Jubilees

1, 2, and 3 Meqabyan

Paralipomena of Baruch

Broader canon :

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The prophetic books are a division of the Christian Bible, grouping 18 books (Catholic and Orthodox canon) or 17 books (Protestant canon, excluding Baruch) in the Old Testament. In terms of the Tanakh, it includes the Latter Prophets from the Nevi'im, with the addition of Lamentions (which in the Tanakh is one of the Five Megillot) and Daniel, both of which are included among the books of the Hebrew Ketuvim.

The prophetic books are named as such because prophets are traditionally attributed as authors. However, modern scholars think that the books as they have been handed down to the present time are the work of successive generations of writers who took their inspiration the messages of these prophets. These authors were active between 750 BC and 450 BC. The first six of the books are known as the major prophets, while the last 12 are known as the 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. 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.

Incidentally, outside of the prophetic books, prophets also feature as characters in other books of the Hebrew Bible.

## List

The major prophets in Christianity are:

* Isaiah
* Jeremiah
* Lamentations
* Baruch (only included in the Catholic and Orthodox canons)
* Ezekiel
* Daniel

In Judaism, only Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel are counted amongst the 'major prophets'. Baruch, a Septuagintal book, is considered canonical only in Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, and Oriental Orthodox churches but apocryphal in Protestant Christianity and in Judaism.

The minor prophets are the same in Christianity as in Judaism (however, in Jewish Bibles they are grouped as one single book, titled "The Twelve"):

* Hosea
* Joel
* Amos
* Obadiah
* Jonah
* Micah
* Nahum
* Habakkuk
* Zephaniah
* Haggai
* Zechariah
* Malachi
