Thursday, February 28, 2013

The Top 10 Jewish Prophets

  1. Moses: Considered the greatest of all of the prophets. Spoke to G-d on Mount Sinai and gave the Torah and Ten Commandments to the Jewish people. 
  2. Abraham: Considered the father of the Jewish people. 
  3. Isaiah: Considered the most universal of the prophets. Affirmed principles of justice and morality. 
  4. Joshua: Led the Jewish people into the Holy Land after their exodus from Egypt 
  5. Samuel: First prophet to prophesize inside the Land of Israel. Anointed King Saul and King David. 
  6. Jeremiah: Credited with writing several books of the Tanakh: The Book of Jeremiah, 1st and 2nd Kings, and the Book of Lamentations. 
  7. Ezekiel: Revealed the prophecies of the destruction of Jerusalem. 
  8. Elijah: Defended the worship of G-d over the main pagan god, Baal. When Elijah returns, he will usher in the messiah. 
  9. Deborah: Prophet and only female judge in the history of Israel. 
  10. Jonah: Famous for being swallowed by a whale (actually a fish) on his way to prophesize to people of Nineveh. 

* The Talmud teaches that that there were hundreds of thousands of prophets, some Jewish, some not. There are 55 Jewish prophets according to tradition.


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