Prophets in Judaism

The 48 prophets and seven prophetesses according to Rashi, Megillah 14a and glosses ad loc.^[1]

The last Jewish prophet is acknowledged to have been Malachi. With him, the authentic period of Nevuah ("prophecy") died.^[2]

The 48 prophets

1. Abraham
2. Isaac
3. Jacob
4. Moses
5. Aaron
6. Joshua
7. Phineas
8. Elkanah
9. Eli
10. Samuel (Shmu'el שמואל)
11. Gad
12. Nathan
13. David
14. Solomon
15. Iddo
16. Michaiah son of Imlah
17. Obadiah or Ovadyah [עובדיה]
18. Ahijah the Shilonite
19. Jehu son of Hanani
20. Azariah son of Oded
21. Jahaziel the Levite
22. Eliezer son of Dodavahu
23. Hosea or Hoshea [הושע]
24. Amos [עמוס]
25. Micah the Morashtite or Mikhah [מיכה]
26. Amoz
27. Elijah
28. Elisha
29. Jonah son of Amittai or Yonah [יונה]
30. Isaiah (Yeshayahu [ישעיהו])
31. Joel or Yo'el [יואל]
32. Nahum or Nachum [נחום]
33. Habakkuk or Habaquq [חבקוק]
34. Zephaniah or Tsefania [צפניה]
35. Urijah
36. Jeremiah
37. Ezekiel
38. Shemaiah
39. Baruch
40. Neriah
41. Seraiah
42. Mehseiah
43. Haggai [חגי]
44. Zechariah Zekharia [זכריה]
45. Malachi or Malakhi [מלאכי]
46. Mordecai Bilshan
47. Oded
48. Hanani

The seven prophetesses

1. Miriam
2. Deborah
3. Hannah
4. Abigail
5. Huldah
6. Esther
7. Sarah

See also

• Nevi'im

References

1. Scherman, Nosson. The Stone Edition Tanach. Mesorah Publications, Limited. p. 2038.
2. According to the Vilna Gaon, based on the opinion that Nechemyah died in Babylon before 9th Tevet 3448 (313 BCE). Nechemya was governor of Persian Judea under Artaxerxes I of Persia in the 5th century BCE. The Book of Nehemiah describes his work in rebuilding Jerusalem during the Second Temple period. Gaon, Vilna. "Babylonian Talmud". San.11a, Yom.9a/Yuch.1.14/Kuz.3.39,65,67/Yuch.1/Mag.Av.O.C.580.6.

External links

• Prophets and Prophetesses of Israel concise tabulated information: name in Hebrew, chronology, Biblical passage, accomplishments.