Home›Prophets›Veneration Status›Actively venerated in a living traditionBrowse ByActively venerated in a living traditionThis page groups figures by their current standing in the eyes of their own faith. Wikipedia defines veneration as "the practice of honoring people and articles of religious significance, for example, the veneration of saints and the veneration of relics." Browsing by veneration status lets a visitor tell a figure actively honored today from one no longer widely venerated.FactsLearn MoreActively venerated in a living traditionSourcesComments (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.Actively venerated in a living traditionFilter Results19 entriesPlace of OriginAllAncient Israel (10)Egypt (1)Mecca (1)Persia (2)HistoricityAllComposite figure: more than one person or tradition behind the name (1)Historically attested (7)Historicity debated (7)TraditionAllBahá’í Faith (1)Christianity (1)Islam (1)Judaism (10)Latter Day Saint Movement (5)Zoroastrianism (1)Revered InAllBaha'i Faith (4)Christianity (7)Islam (6)Judaism (9)Mandaeism (1)Manichaeism (1)Samaritanism (1)Zoroastrianism (1)Lifespan Start YearAll-740 (1)-6 (1)28 (1)570 (1)650 (1)1819 (1)Manner Of DeathAllAssassinated (1)Died of natural causes (5)Executed (2)Extrajudicial killing: put to death outside any lawful process (1)Killed in battle (1)Martyred (1)Taken up without dying, as the tradition holds (1)GenderAllFemale (1)Male (18)CanonizationAllFormally canonized (1)Pre-Congregation: venerated before any formal process existed (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 19AaronActively venerated in a living traditionDeborahActively venerated in a living traditionElijahActively venerated in a living traditionElishaActively venerated in a living traditionEnosActively venerated in a living traditionIsaiahActively venerated in a living traditionJaromActively venerated in a living traditionJeremiahActively venerated in a living traditionJohn the BaptistActively venerated in a living traditionJoshuaActively venerated in a living traditionMormonActively venerated in a living traditionMoroniActively venerated in a living traditionMosesActively venerated in a living traditionMuhammadActively venerated in a living traditionNephiActively venerated in a living traditionSamuelActively venerated in a living traditionThe BabActively venerated in a living traditionZarathustraActively venerated in a living traditionZechariahActively venerated in a living traditionSources1. 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.