Home›Prophets›All ProphetsBrowse ByAll ProphetsFigures held to speak on behalf of a deity, delivering revelation, warning or judgement. The heading gathers Moses, Isaiah and Elijah from the Hebrew scriptures together with Zarathustra, Muhammad and the Bab, and the traditions represented disagree less about who spoke than about where the line closes. Islamic doctrine holds Muhammad to be the seal of the prophets; the Baha'i Faith holds revelation to be progressive and continuing; a common Christian reading places John the Baptist at the end of one order and the start of another. They are filed together here so those positions can be read against one another rather than in isolation.FactsLearn MoreAll ProphetsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedFigures held to speak on behalf of God. The office is defined differently in each Abrahamic tradition, the Hebrew navi, the Christian reading of the prophets as witnesses to Christ, and the Islamic distinction between the nabi and the rasul who brings a scripture, and the three do not recognise the same list. 2Size of the Traditional SetWell-attestedTwenty-five prophets are named in the Quran on the usual count; the tradition holds that far more were sent. 3Tradition: IslamDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedFigures 1Learn MoreThe Prophets This group gathers the prophets: figures held to speak on behalf of the divine, delivering revelation, warning or law to a people. The prophetic role is central above all to the Abrahamic traditions, where a line of prophets from the patriarchs onward is understood to carry God's word into history. The browser will find figures such as those of the Hebrew Bible and the prophets recognised in Christianity and Islam, culminating for Muslims in Muhammad, the seal of the prophets. The entries treat these as figures of sacred narrative, noting where the traditions agree on a prophet and where their accounts differ.All ProphetsFilter Results33 entriesPlace of OriginAllAncient Israel (12)Babylonia (1)Egypt (1)Mecca (1)Persia (2)HistoricityAllComposite figure: more than one person or tradition behind the name (1)Historically attested (8)Historicity debated (7)Legendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical record (2)TraditionAllBahá’í Faith (1)Christianity (1)Islam (1)Judaism (11)Latter Day Saint Movement (6)Manichaeism (1)Zoroastrianism (1)Veneration StatusAllActively venerated in a living tradition (19)No Cult Attested (1)Revered InAllAncient Mesopotamian Religion (1)Baha'i Faith (4)Christianity (7)Islam (6)Judaism (9)Mandaeism (1)Manichaeism (1)Samaritanism (1)Zoroastrianism (1)Lifespan Start YearAll-1300 (1)-740 (1)-6 (1)28 (1)216 (1)570 (1)650 (1)1819 (1)Manner Of DeathAllAssassinated (1)Died of natural causes (5)Executed (3)Extrajudicial killing: put to death outside any lawful process (1)Killed in battle (2)Martyred (1)Taken up without dying, as the tradition holds (1)GenderAllFemale (1)Male (21)CanonizationAllFormally canonized (1)Pre-Congregation: venerated before any formal process existed (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 33AaronProphetsAmosProphetsBalaamProphetsDeborahProphetsElijahProphetsElishaProphetsEnosProphetsEzekielProphetsHoseaProphetsIsaiahProphetsJaromProphetsJeremiahProphetsJohn the BaptistProphetsJoshuaProphetsLehiProphetsMalachiProphetsMani the ProphetProphetsMicahProphetsMormonProphetsMoroniProphetsMosesProphetsMuhammadProphetsNephiProphetsSamuelProphetsThe BabProphetsZarathustraProphetsZechariahProphetsSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. The Oxford Dictionary of World Religionstier 1John Bowker (ed.), Oxford University Press, 1997Entries: Prophecy; Prophet; NubuwwaView the Source3. The Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd editiontier 1P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C. E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel and W. P. Heinrichs (eds.), Brill, 2005s.v. NabiView the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.