Table of prophets of Abrahamic religions

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This is a table containing prophets of the modern Abrahamic religions.

NOTE: In Judaism the classification of some people as prophets includes those who are not explicitly called so in the Hebrew Bible. Judaism also uses religious texts other than the Hebrew Bible to define prophets. Moreover, Orthodox Jewish rabbis use different criteria for classifying someone as a prophet, e.g. Enoch is not considered a prophet in Judaism. The New Testament may call someone a prophet even though they are not so classified in the Hebrew Bible; for example, Abel, Daniel, Enoch, and John the Baptist are described in the New Testament as prophets.

Judaism Christianity Mandaeism Islam Bahá'í Faith Rastafari Movement
>< Adam (Restorationism, esp. Mormonism, Lutheranism)[citation needed] Adam[citation needed] Adam[1] Adam[2] ><
Kenan[3] >< >< >< >< ><
>< Enoch[4] >< Enoch(Idris)[1] Enoch[5] Enoch[4]
>< Noah (Restorationism spec. Mormonism [6], Protestantism)[citation needed] Noah[citation needed] Noah(Nuh)[1] Noah[2] ><
>< Mormon (Restorationism, esp. Mormonism)[citation needed] >< >< >< ><
Eber[7] >< >< Eber (Hud)[1] Hud[2] ><
>< >< >< Shelah (Saleh)[1] Salih[2] ><
Abraham[8] [9] Abraham[9] >< Abraham(Ibrahim)[1] Abraham[10] Abraham[9]
Sarah[8] >< >< >< >< ><
>< >< >< Lot (Lut)[1] ><
Eli[8] >< >< >< >< ><
Elkanah[8] >< >< >< >< ><
>< >< >< Ishmael (Ismail)[1] Ishmael[2] ><
Isaac[8] Isaac[citation needed] >< Isaac(Is'haq)[1] Isaac[2] Isaac[citation needed]
Jacob[8][11] Jacob[11] >< Jacob(Yaqub)[1] Jacob[2] Jacob[11]
Joseph[12] Joseph[13] >< Joseph(Yusuf)[1] Joseph[2] Joseph[13]
Job[8][14] However there are opinion in the Talmud that Job never existed and that the whole story was a fable. [15] Job[citation needed] >< Job(Ayub)[1] Job[2] Job[citation needed]
>< Jeduthun[citation needed] >< >< >< ><
>< Asaph/Asoph[citation needed] >< >< >< ><
>< Ruth[citation needed] >< >< >< Ruth[citation needed]
>< >< >< Jethro (Shoaib)[1] Shu'aib[2] ><
Aaron[8][16] Aaron[16] >< Aaron(Harun)[1] Aaron[17] Aaron[16]
Miriam[8][18] Miriam[18] >< >< >< Miriam[18]
Moses[8][19] Moses[19] >< Moses(Musa)[1] Moses[10] Moses[19]
Joshua[8][20] Joshua/Josue[20] >< >< >< Joshua[20]
Phinehas[8] Phinehas[citation needed] >< >< >< ><
Deborah[8] Deborah[citation needed] >< >< >< Deborah[citation needed]
Hannah[8] >< >< >< >< ><
Samuel[8][21] Samuel[21] >< Samuel[22] Samuel[21]
King David[8] David[citation needed] >< David(Daud)[1] David[2] David[citation needed]
>< Tobias/Tobit (Roman Catholic & Eastern Orthodox)[citation needed] >< >< >< ><
>< Judith (Roman Catholic & Eastern Orthodox)[citation needed] >< >< >< ><
>< Machabees/Maccabeus(Roman Catholic & Eastern Orthodox)[citation needed] >< >< >< ><
Abigail[8] >< >< >< >< ><
King Solomon[8] Solomon[citation needed] >< Solomon(Sulayman)[1] Solomon[2] Solomon[citation needed]
>< Hezekiah[citation needed] >< >< >< ><
>< Yeshua ben Sira/Sirach (Roman Catholic & Eastern Orthodox)[citation needed] >< >< >< ><
>< Manasseh (Eastern Orthodox)[citation needed] >< >< >< ><
Mordecai[8] >< >< >< >< ><
>< Gideon (Eastern Orthodox, Armenian Apostolic)[citation needed] >< >< >< ><
Esther[8] Esther[citation needed] >< >< >< ><
Bithiah[23] >< >< >< >< ><
Eliphaz (the Temanite)[14] >< >< >< >< ><
Bildad (the Shuhite)[14] >< >< >< >< ><
Zophar (the Naamathite)[14] >< >< >< >< ><
Elihu (the Buzite)[14] >< >< >< >< ><
Beor[14] >< >< >< >< ><
Balaam[14] he is said to have spoken to God and prophesied but is considered a bad person for his actions >< >< >< >< ><
Gad[8] Gad[citation needed] >< >< >< Gad[citation needed]
Nathan[8] Nathan[citation needed] >< >< >< Nathan[citation needed]
Shemaiah[8] Shemaiah[citation needed] >< >< >< Shemaiah[citation needed]
Jehu[8] Jehu[citation needed] >< >< >< Jehu[citation needed]
Jahaziel[8] Jahaziel/Chaziel[citation needed] >< >< Jahaziel[citation needed]
Eliezer[8] Eliezer[citation needed] >< >< Eliezer[citation needed]
Ahiyah[8] Ahiyah[citation needed] >< ><
Iddo[8] Iddo[citation needed] >< >< >< Iddo[citation needed]
Micaiah[8] Micaiah[citation needed] >< >< >< Micaiah[citation needed]
Obadiah[8][24] Obadiah/Abdias[24] >< >< >< Obadiah[24]
Ahijah HaShiloni[8] Ahijah HaShiloni[citation needed] >< >< >< Ahijah HaShiloni[citation needed]
Azariah[8] Azariah[citation needed] >< >< >< Azariah[citation needed]
>< Ezra/Esdras[citation needed] >< ><
>< Nehemiah/Nechemia[citation needed] ><
Jahaziel[8] Jahaziel/Chaziel[citation needed] >< >< >< Jahaziel[citation needed]
Hosea[8] Hosea/Osee[citation needed] >< >< >< Hosea[citation needed]
Huldah[8] Huldah[citation needed] >< >< >< Huldah[citation needed]
Amos[8] Amos[citation needed] >< >< >< Amos[citation needed]
Micah[8] Micah/Micheas[citation needed] >< >< >< Micah[citation needed]
Amoz[8] >< >< >< >< ><
Elijah[8] Elijah[citation needed] >< Elijah(Ilyas)[1] Elijah[2] Elijah[citation needed]
Elisha[8] Elisha[citation needed] >< Elisha(Al-Yasa)[1] Elisha[citation needed]
Jonah[8] Jonah/Jonas[citation needed] >< Jonah(Yunus)[citation needed] Jonah[citation needed]
Isaiah[8] Isaiah/Isaias[citation needed] >< Isaiah(Ishaia)[22] Isaiah[2] Isaiah[citation needed]
Joel[8] Joel[citation needed] >< >< Joel[2] Joel[citation needed]
Obadiah[8] Obadiah/Abdias[citation needed] >< >< >< Obadiah[citation needed]
Nahum[8] Nahum[citation needed] >< >< >< Nahum[citation needed]
Habakkuk[8] Habakkuk/Habacuc[citation needed] >< >< >< Habakkuk[citation needed]
Zephaniah[8] Zephaniah/Sophonias[citation needed] >< Zephaniah[citation needed]
Uriah[8] Uriah[citation needed] >< >< >< Uriah[citation needed]
Jeremiah[8] Jeremiah/Jeremias[citation needed] >< Jeremiah(Armya)[22] Jeremiah[2] Jeremiah[citation needed]
Ezekiel[8] Ezekiel/Ezechiel[citation needed] Ezekiel(Dhul-Kifl)[citation needed] Ezekiel[2] Ezekiel[citation needed]
Shemaiah[8] Shemaiah[citation needed] >< >< >< Shemaiah[citation needed]
Baruch ben Neriah[8] Baruch ben Neriah[citation needed] >< >< >< Baruch ben Neriah[citation needed]
Neriah[8] Neriah[citation needed] >< >< >< Neriah[citation needed]
Seraiah[8] Seraiah[citation needed] >< >< >< Seraiah[citation needed]
Haggai[8] Haggai/Aggeus[citation needed] >< >< >< Haggai[citation needed]
Zechariah[8] Zechariah/Zacharias[citation needed] >< >< >< Zechariah[citation needed]
Malachi[8] Malachi/Malachias[citation needed] >< >< >< Malachi[citation needed]
Oded[8] Oded[citation needed] >< >< >< Oded[citation needed]
Hanani[8] Hanani[citation needed] >< >< >< Hanani[citation needed]
>< Zechariah (the Priest)[citation needed] >< Zechariah (the Priest)(Zakariya)[citation needed] Zechariah[2] Zechariah (the Priest)[citation needed]
><[8][25] Daniel[26] >< Daniel(Danyal))*[27] Daniel[2] Daniel[26]
>< John (the Baptist)[citation needed] John (the Baptist) ("Iahia Iuhana" [28] John (the Baptist) (Yahya)[citation needed] John (the Baptist)[2] John (the Baptist)[citation needed]
Jesus of Nazareth [29] >< Jesus of Nazareth (Isa Al-Masihe)[citation needed] Jesus of Nazareth[10] Jesus of Nazareth[29]
>< Paraclete >< Muhammad[citation needed] Muhammad[10] ><
>< >< >< Zoroaster (Zartosht)[10] ><
>< >< >< >< Krishna[10] ><
>< >< >< >< Buddha[10] ><
>< >< >< >< Báb[30] ><
>< >< >< >< Bahá'u'lláh[30] ><
>< Joseph Smith, Jr. (Restorationism) >< >< >< ><
>< >< >< >< >< Marcus Garvey[citation needed]
>< >< >< >< >< Haile Selassie I[citation needed]

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s IslamTutor.com -> The Prophets Of Islam - A Referenced List
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Appendix B of The Bahá'í Principle of Religious Unity and the Challenge of Radical Pluralism, Thesis Presented to the Graduate Council of the University of North Texas in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts By Dann J. May, B.S, M.S. December, 1993
  3. ^ The Talmud: Selections: Part First: Biblical History: Chapter I. From Cain and Abel to the Destruction of Babel's Tower
  4. ^ a b Jude 1:14
  5. ^ Hermes Trismegistus and Apollonius of Tyana in the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh by Keven Brown, Published in Revisioning the Sacred: New Perspectives on a Bahá'í Theology, Studies in the Babi and Baha'i Religions vol. 8, pages 153-187, Kalimat Press, 1997, ISBN 0933770960
  6. ^ http://www.comorah.com/bookofmormon.html
  7. ^ Bereishit - Chapter 10 - Genesis
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh Judaism 101: Prophets and Prophecy
  9. ^ a b c BibleGateway.com - Passage Lookup: Genesis 20:3-7
  10. ^ a b c d e f g Historical Context of the Bábi and Bahá'í Faiths
  11. ^ a b c BibleGateway.com - Passage Lookup: Genesis 28:11 - 16
  12. ^ JewishEncyclopedia.com - JOSEPH
  13. ^ a b BibleGateway.com - Passage Lookup: Genesis 37:5 - 11
  14. ^ a b c d e f g Babylonian Talmud: Baba Bathra 15
  15. ^ JewishEncyclopedia.com - JOB
  16. ^ a b c Exodus 7 1
  17. ^ Bahá'í World Faith—Selected Writings of Bahá'u'lláh and 'Abdu'l-Bahá ('Abdu'l-Bahá's Section Only), Author: 'Abdu'l-Bahá, US Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1976 edition, p. 270
  18. ^ a b c Exodus 15 20
  19. ^ a b c Deuteronomy 34 10
  20. ^ a b c Joshua 1 1
  21. ^ a b c BibleGateway.com - Passage Lookup: 1 samuel 3:20-3:20
  22. ^ a b c Prophets in Islam
  23. ^ Babylonian Talmud: Sotah 12
  24. ^ a b c Obadiah 1 1
  25. ^ Babylonian Talmud, Rodkinson tr., Book 4: Chapter I
  26. ^ a b BibleGateway.com - Passage Lookup: Matthew 24:15-24:15
  27. ^ Ibn Kathir: Story of Daniel (pbuh)
  28. ^ ÇáãäÏÇÆíæä
  29. ^ a b John 6 14
  30. ^ a b The Báb, Forerunner of Bahá'u'lláh statement of Bahá'í International Community

[edit] See also

v • d • e
Genealogy of Adam to David according to the Hebrew Bible
Creation to Flood

Adam · Seth · Enos · Kenan · Mahalalel · Jared · Enoch · Methuselah · Lamech · Noah · Shem
Origin of the Patriarchs

Arpachshad · Salah · Eber · Peleg · Reu · Serug · Nahor · Terah · Abraham · Isaac · Jacob
Nationhood to Kingship

Judah · Pharez · Hezron · Ram/Aram · Amminadab · Nahshon · Salmon · Boaz · Obed · Jesse · David