- 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.
- Abraham: Considered the father of the Jewish people.
- Isaiah: Considered the most universal of the prophets. Affirmed principles of justice and morality.
- Joshua: Led the Jewish people into the Holy Land after their exodus from Egypt
- Samuel: First prophet to prophesize inside the Land of Israel. Anointed King Saul and King David.
- Jeremiah: Credited with writing several books of the Tanakh: The Book of Jeremiah, 1st and 2nd Kings, and the Book of Lamentations.
- Ezekiel: Revealed the prophecies of the destruction of Jerusalem.
- Elijah: Defended the worship of G-d over the main pagan god, Baal. When Elijah returns, he will usher in the messiah.
- Deborah: Prophet and only female judge in the history of Israel.
- 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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