Dates of Old Testament Prophets
I am looking for a listing of the old testament prophets with the dates in which they ministered and the areas where they ministered. I am sure that I will have multiple copies of this info in my library. What search criteria should I use to find it in Logos?
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Here’s a resource that might help: https://www.logos.com/product/163424/old-testament-prophets-a-supplement-to-the-preachers-outline-and-sermon-bible-king-james-version
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This list is from Paul R. House and Eric Mitchell, Old Testament Survey, 2nd ed. (Nashville, TN: B&H Publishing Group, 2007), 174:
- Joel c. 800 BC (?)
- Amos 760–750 BC
- Hosea 750–725 BC
- Jonah 750 BC
- Isaiah 740–687 BC
- Micah 701 BC
- Zephaniah 630–620 BC
- Jeremiah 627–587 BC
- Nahum 612 BC
- Habakkuk 610–600 BC
- Ezekiel 593–571 BC
- Obadiah 587 BC
- Haggai 520 BC
- Zechariah 520 BC
- Malachi 430 BC
Some of those are guesses (e.g. Joel), and some are inadequate (e.g. later chapters of Isaiah are from a later time).
A better approach would be a resource like Gordon D. Fee, and Douglas K. Stuart. How to Read the Bible Book by Book: A Guided Tour. (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2002). Not a single list, but a quick look-up for each prophet. Sample from p.217:
ORIENTING DATA FOR JOEL
- Content: a devastating locust plague sets the stage for a twofold summons to repentance, to which God responds with a promise of mercy and an outpouring of his Spirit, with a day of judgment on the nations
- Prophet: Joel, who is otherwise unknown; his concern for Judah and Jerusalem (2:23, 32; 3:1) suggests that he was from the southern kingdom
- Date of prophetic activity: uncertain; perhaps ca. 590 B.C., but possibly after 500 B.C.
- Emphases: the impending day of Yahweh—a day of judgment and salvation; Yahweh chastens those he loves, and his chastening calls his people to repentance; Israel’s God keeps covenant by showing mercy to his people; Yahweh is sovereign over all the nations and will judge those who have shown no mercy to his people
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The Faithlife Study Bible has a chart:
https://ref.ly/logosres/fsbinfographics?art=approximatedatesotprophets
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According to the Talmud, there were 48 prophets and seven prophetesses.
The 48 prophets
- Abraham
- Isaac
- Jacob
- Moses
- Aaron
- Joshua
- Phinehas
- Eli
- Elkanah
- Samuel
- Gad
- Natan
- David
- Ahijah the Shilonite
- Solomon
- Shemaiah
- Iddo
- Obadiah
- Jehu
- Oded
- Azariah
- Hanani
- Jahaziel
- Eliezer
- Elijah
- Elisha
- Michaiah
- Jonah
- Amos
- Hosea
- Amoz
- Isaiah
- Micah
- Joel
- Zephaniah
- Nahum
- Habakkuk
- Urijah
- Jeremiah
- Ezekiel
- Mehseiah
- Neriah
- Baruch ben Neriah
- Seraiah
- Haggai
- Zechariah
- Mordecai
- Malachi
The seven prophetesses
Or if you prefer the shorter list from the Lives of the Prophets (Pseudepigrapha):
The Lives of the Prophets includes the lives of the 23 prophets. Some lives are extremely short, only the most basic information is given, while for the others there are details and stories. The main facts indicated in the Lives are the following:
- Isaiah: said to be of Jerusalem, suffered martyrdom by being sawn in two by Manasseh (in agreement with the Martyrdom of Isaiah), buried near a place usually identified by scholars as the Pool of Siloam.
- Jeremiah: said to be of Anathoth (Jeremiah 1:1), suffered martyrdom by stoning at Tahpanhes in Ancient Egypt where he was also buried. It is said that who prayed with faith over the seer's grave is healed from asps bites. His remains were later moved to Alexandria. Before the First Temple was destroyed, Jeremiah hid miraculously in the rock the Ark of the Covenant.
- Ezekiel: said to be of Arira and to be of a priesthood family. He suffered martyrdom in the land of the Chaldeans and was buried in the grave of Shem and Arpachshad. A description of the grave is given. Same stories of Ezekiel in the Babylonian captivity are then narrated.
- Daniel: said to be of the Tribe of Judah and born at Beth Horon. He is described as a man devoted to fast and prayer, and the story, full of miraculous details, of Nebuchadrezzar's conversion is narrated.
- Hosea: said to be of the Tribe of Issachar and born at Belemot where he was buried.
- Micah: said to be of the Tribe of Ephraim. He suffered martyrdom by Jehoram and buried in his land near the cemetery of the Anakim.
- Amos: said to be born in Tekoa (Amos 1:1), tortured by Amaziah (the priest of Beth-el of Amos 7:10) and martyred by the son of this one. He laid in his birth-land.
- Joel: said to be of the Tribe of Reuben, born and buried in Bethomoron.
- Obadiah: said to be born in Beth-acharamin the land of Sichem.
- Jonah: said to be born in the land of Kariathmos near the Greek town of Azotus. After his predication in Nineveh he went to live with his mother in Sur. He returned in Judea, died, and was buried in the cave of Kenaz (the one referred to in Genesis 36:11).
- Nahum: said to be of Elkesi (Nahum 1:1), in front of Isbergabin of the Tribe of Simeon. He died in peace and was buried in his land.
- Habakkuk: said to be from the land of Bethzuchar and of the Tribe of Simeon. After the fall of Jerusalem he went to live in the land of Ishmael and then returned to help the Hebrews who remained. He later went in Babylonia during the Babylonian captivity where he met Daniel. He died two years before the end of the captivity and was buried in his land.
- Zephaniah: said to be from the land of Sabaratha and of the Tribe of Simeon. He was buried in his land.
- Haggai: said to come in Jerusalem from Babylonia when he was young, and he saw the reconstruction of the Temple. He was buried near the graves of the priests (probably in the Kidron Valley).
- Zechariah: said to come in Jerusalem from Babylonia when already old. He blessed both Jozadak (the father of Joshua) and Zerubbabel. He died old and was buried near Haggai.
- Malachi: said to be born in Sofa. He died young and was buried with his fathers.
- Nathan: said to be from Gaba. He taught the Torah to David. Beliar caused he couldn't stop David to kill Bathsheba's husband. He died very old and was buried in his land.
- Ahijah the Shilonite (1 Kings 11:29): said to be from Shiloh. He was buried near the oak of Shiloh.
- Joad or Ioad (named Jadon in Antiquities of the Jews VIII,8,5 and referred to as the man of God in 1 Kings 13:1): said to be of Samareim and was buried as told in 2 Kings 23:18.
- Azariah (2 Chronicles 15:1): said to be from the land of Subatha. He was buried in his land.
- Elijah the Tishbite: is said to be from the land of the Arabs, of the tribe of Aaron that was in Gilead. The birth of Elijah was miraculous: when he was to be delivered, his father Sobacha saw white figures of man who greeted him, wrapped him up and fed him with flames.
- Elisha: is said to be of Abelmaul (1 Kings 19:16) in the land of Reuben. When he was born a calf of gold screamed so loudly it was heard in Jerusalem. He was buried in Samaria.
- Zechariah ben Jehoiada (2 Chronicles 24:20–22): said to be of Jerusalem, he was killed by Jehoash near the altar of the Temple. He was buried near his father Jehoiada. After his death, the priests of the Temple could no more, as before, see the apparitions of the angels of the Lord, nor could make divinations with the Ephod, nor give responses from the Debir.
Since the work is found in Christian manuscripts, some New Testament prophets are typically appended, specifically Zachariah, Symeon, and John the Baptist. Symeon is reported as dying of old age, while Zachariah is said to have been killed by Herod "between the temple and the altar," per Jesus' words in Matthew 23:35 and Luke 11:51.
For more fun consider this list of prophets for Christianity:
- Aaron (Exodus 7:1)
- Abraham (Hebrews 11:8)
- Adam (Genesis 2:7–8)
- Ahijah (1 Kings 11:29)
- Amos (One of the 12 Minor Prophets)
- Agabus (Acts of the Apostles 11:27–28)
- Azariah (2 Chronicles 15:1–8)
- Daniel (Matthew 24:15)
- David (Hebrews 11:32)
- Deborah (Judges 4:4)
- Elijah (1 Kings 18:36)
- Eber (Genesis 16:16–17)
- Elisha (2 Kings 9:1)
- Enoch (Jude 1:14)
- Ezekiel (Ezekiel 1:3)
- Ezra (Ezra 7:1)
- Gad (1 Samuel 22:5)
- Gideon (Judges 6 through 8)
- Habakkuk (Habakkuk 1:1)
- Haggai (Haggai 1:1)
- Hanani (2 Chronicles 16:7)
- Hosea (Hosea 1:1)
- Huldah (2 Kings 22:14)
- Iddo (2 Chronicles 13:22)
- Isaac (Genesis 26:2–7)
- Isaiah (2 Kings 19:2)
- Ishmael (Genesis 16:11–16)
- Jacob (Genesis 28:11–16)
- Jehu (1 Kings 16:7)
- Jeremiah (Jeremiah 20:2)
- Jethro (Exodus 2:18)
- Joel (Acts 2:16)
- John the Baptist (Luke 7:28)
- John of Patmos (Revelation 1:1–3)
- Jonah (2 Kings 14:25)
- Joshua (Joshua 1:1)
- Judas Barsabbas (Acts 15:32)
- Job (Job 1:1)
- Lamech (father of Noah) (Genesis 5:28–29)
- Lucius of Cyrene (Acts 13:1)
- Malachi (Malachi 1:1)
- Manahen (Acts 13:1)
- Melchizedek (Genesis 14:18–24)
- Micah (Micah 1:1)
- Micaiah (1 Kings 22:9)
- Moses (Deuteronomy 34:10)
- Nahum (Nahum 1:1)
- Nathan (2 Samuel 7:2)
- Noah (Genesis 7:1)
- Obadiah (Obadiah 1:1)
- Oded (2 Chronicles 15:8) Father of Azariah the prophet
- Oded (2 Chronicles 28:9)
- Philip the Evangelist (Acts 8:26) Note: His four daughters also prophesied (Acts 21:8, 9)
- Paul the Apostle (Acts of the Apostles 9:20)
- Samuel (1 Samuel 3:20)
- Shemaiah (1 Kings 12:22)
- Silas (Acts 15:32)
- Simeon Niger (Acts 13:1)
- Two Witnesses (Revelation 11:3)
- Uriah (Jeremiah 26:20)
- Zechariah, son of Berechiah (Zechariah 1:1)
- Zechariah, son of Jehoiada (2 Chronicles 24:20)
- Zephaniah (Zephaniah 1:1)
Biblical people with claimed prophetic experiences
- Ananias of Damascus (Acts 9:10–18)
- Eldad (Numbers 11:26)
- Eliezer (2 Chronicles 20:37)
- Elisabeth, mother of John the Baptist (Luke 1:41)
- Elihu (Job 32–35)
- Jahaziel (2 Chronicles 20:14)
- Joachim (Luke 3:23)
- Joseph (Genesis 37:5–11)
- Joseph, fosterfather of Jesus (Matthew 1:20)
- Mary, mother of Jesus (Luke 1:26–28)
- Medad (Numbers 11:26)
- King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon (Daniel 2:1)
- Saul: the first king to unite Israel (1 Samuel 10:10)
- Simeon of Jerusalem (Luke 2:25, 26)
- Solomon (1 Kings 3:5)
- Zechariah, father of John the Baptist (Luke 1:67)
Unnamed prophets and men of God
- A prophet (Judges 6:8–10)
- A man of God (1 Samuel 2:27–36)
- A man of God from Judah (1 Kings 13:1)
- An old prophet from Bethel (1 Kings 13:11)
- A prophet (1 Kings 20:13,22)
- A man of God (1 Kings 20:28)
- One of the sons of the prophets (1 Kings 20:35–42)
- A man of God (2 Chronicles 25:7–9)
- A prophet (2 Chronicles 25:15–16)
- The seventy elders of Israel (Numbers 11:25)
False prophets and prophets of Baal
- Ahab, son of Kolaiah (Jeremiah 29:21–23)
- Antichrist (1 John 2:18–19)
- Azur (Jeremiah 28:1)
- Balaam (Book of Numbers 22–25)
- Elymas (a.k.a. Bar-Jesus) (Acts 13:6–12)
- Hananiah (Jeremiah 28:5)
- Jezebel (Revelation 2:20) (not to be confused with the Jezebel of the Old Testament)
- The false prophet of the Book of Revelation (16:13, 19:20, 20:10)
- The false prophets of Baal (1 Kings 18:13–40)
- Noadiah (Nehemiah 6:14)
- Shemaiah the Nehelamite (Jeremiah 29:24)
- Simon Magus (Acts 8:9–24)
- Zedekiah, son of Maaseiah (Jeremiah 29:21)
- Zedekiah 1 Kings (22:24)
Claimed post-biblical prophets
The following persons are considered by some Christians to be prophets.
- Quadratus of Athens (2nd century, sometimes considered one of the seventy apostles)
- Montanus, Prisca, and Maximilla (2nd century, founders of Montanism)
- Quintilla (3rd century, founder of an offshoot movement from Montanism)
- Iarlaithe mac Loga (6th century, founder of the School of Tuam)
- Merlin (6th century, likely invented by Geoffrey of Monmouth from older legends, first appears in the Prophetiae Merlini)
- Palladius of Embrun (6th century, Bishop of Embrun)
- Columba (521–597, credited with spreading Christianity in Scotland)
- Saint Malachy (1094–1148, Archbishop of Armagh and author of Prophecy of the Popes)
- James Salomoni (1231-1314)
- Joan of Arc (1412–1431)
- Nostradamus (1503–1566)
- Justus Velsius (1510-1571, Dutch faith healer who debated against John Calvin)
- Eleanor Davies (poet) (1590–1652)
- Ann Bathurst (17th century, member of the Philadelphians)
- Martha Hatfield (17th century, Puritan)
- John Bull (prophet) and Richard Farnham (17th century, claimed to be the two witnesses of the Book of Revelation)
- Margareta i Kumla (17th century, claimed to have seen angels and demons fight over her soul)
- John Robins (prophet) (17th century, Ranter rescued from Roundhead recourse by recanting his revelations)
- Anne Wentworth (prophetess) (17th century, persecuted by Baptists)
- Mary Cary (prophetess) (1621-1653, supporter of the Fifth Monarchists)
- Eva Margareta Frölich (1650–1692) (Millennialist, pietist author and critic of the Church of Sweden)
- Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772, founder of Swedenborgianism)
- Joanna Southcott (1750-1814, author of prophecies kept in a box to be opened in times of national crisis, claimed judgement day would happen in 2004)
- Public Universal Friend (1752–1819, preacher who claims to have died and been reborn without gender)
- George Rapp (1757-1847, founder of the Harmony Society)
- John Ward (prophet) (1781–1837, claimed successor of Joanna Southcott)
- William Miller (preacher) (1782–1849, founder of Adventism)
- John Wroe (1782–1863, founder of the Christian Israelite Church)
- Bernhard Müller (1788-1834, founder of an offshoot from the Harmony Society, that would later start the Germantown Colony)
- Helena Ekblom (1790–1859, Swedish preacher who was put in an asylum for refusing to comply with the Church of Sweden's doctrines)
- Joseph Smith (1805–1844, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement)
- Hong Xiuquan (1814-1864, founder of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom)
- John Bosco (1815–1888, founder of the Salesians of Don Bosco)
- Mary Baker Eddy (1821–1910, founder of Christian Science)
- Ellen G. White (1827–1915, founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church)
- John Alexander Dowie (1847–1907, founder of the Christ Community Church)
- Nona L. Brooks (1861-1945, founder of the Church of Divine Science)
- Siener van Rensburg (1864-1926, advisor to Koos de la Rey, influenced the Suidlanders)
- E. W. Kenyon (1867–1948, possible line of transmission between the New Thought and Word of Faith movements)
- Helena Konttinen (1871-1916, a "Sleeping preacher" who started a revivalist movement)
- Felix Manalo (1886-1963, founder of the Iglesia ni Cristo)
- Padre Pio (1887–1968, Catholic saint, purportedly predicted the papacy of John Paul II)
- William M. Branham (1909–1965, influence on televangelism)
- A. A. Allen (1911–1970, Pentecostal evangelist and faith healer)
- Kenneth Hagin (1917–2003, pioneer of the Word of Faith movement)
- Oral Roberts (1918–2009, considered the godfather of the charismatic movement, founder of the Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association and Oral Roberts University)
- T. L. Osborn (1923–2013, Pentecostal evangelist and musician)
- Pat Robertson (1930-present, chairman of the Christian Broadcasting Network, host of The 700 Club, noted for controversial statements)
- David Wilkerson (1931–2011, author of The Cross and the Switchblade and founder of the Teen Challenge)
- Reverend Ike (1935-2009, noted for his slogan "You can't lose with the stuff I use!")
- Kenneth Copeland (1936-present day, televangelist noted advocate of prosperity theology, and for claiming to have ended the COVID-19 pandemic)
- Robert Tilton (1946-present day, televangelist noted for his prosperity theology infomercials and questionable fundraising practices).
- Roch Thériault (1947-2011, founder of a polygamous doomsday cult called the Ant Hill Kids)
- John Paul Jackson (1950-2015, author noted for dream interpretation)
- Benny Hinn (1952-present day, televangelist noted for faith healing and prosperity theology)
- Kim Clement (1956-2016)
- David Koresh (1959–1993, leader of the Branch Davidians during the Waco siege)
- Creflo Dollar (1962-present day, televangelist noted for prosperity theology)
- T. B. Joshua (1963–2021, televangelist and founder of Synagogue, Church of All Nations)
- Joshua Iginla (1969-present day, televangelist, prosperity theology preacher, and megachurch pastor)
- Jeremiah Omoto Fufeyin (1972-present day, founder of the Christ Mercyland Deliverance Ministry, criticized for flamboyant ministry)
- Daniel Obinim (1977-present day, minister noted for controversial actions and statements)
Just saying you need to define what you mean by "prophets" ...
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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Just saying you need to define what you mean by "prophets" ...
Thanks MJ. By "old testament prophets" I am referring to individuals in the old testament that are referred to as performing a prophetic function whether or not there are books written by them.
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That is what I suspected but some early answers were a bit more narrow ... so rather than suggesting the answers were incomplete, I had a bit of fun.
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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I had a bit of fun.
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I believe I got this from a DTS lecture but I don't remember exactly. A lecture taught me an easy way to remember the 8th Century Prophets as MICAH but backwards. It also helps to show where they did their work. The top 2 were for Israel and the bottom 2 for Judah. Middle for Sea (Assyria). Nothings perfect!
H - Hosea
A - Amos
C - C/Sea = Jonah
I - Isaiah
M - Micah
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Oh and he had another. OJ for Obadiah and Joel.
If I remember correctly, since who knows what happened with the OJ trial, the same for the dates for those two.
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Thanks everyone. Some great info here. I have copied the link for this forum into my notes for reference.
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How do you open that?
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I am looking for a listing of the old testament prophets with the dates in which they ministered and the areas where they ministered. I am sure that I will have multiple copies of this info in my library. What search criteria should I use to find it in Logos?
This question depends on how the authors date the Exodus. There are two schools of thought when dating the Exodus. So all your books will be two sets of different dates for the prophets.
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How do you open the forum from the notes? I just tried it (because it contains such amazing lists!) by copying the forum URL into a new note. It automatically becomes a clickable link in notes.
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How do you open the forum from the notes? I just tried it (because it contains such amazing lists!) by copying the forum URL into a new note. It automatically becomes a clickable link in notes.
You can also drag the url into your favorites. Once it is there you can rename it. You can drag the url from any website into your favorites. Create a folder in your favorites and use it for links to websites that you find useful.
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There's no Favourites in the web app, and even dragging a note to Shortcuts doesn't work, even less so in the actual Logos Android app, that I can see, certainly not from another browser tab or external source. If the poster I was replying to (@Chuck Schussman) were using the desktop app, all that would possibly work, I'm guessing. But, thanks for the tip!
You can also drag the url into your favorites. Once it is there you can rename it. You can drag the url from any website into your favorites. Create a folder in your favorites and use it for links to websites that you find useful.
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Hello Gordon, that looks great! What are the prerequisites in order to see that display?
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One way is to search for/open the "Old Testament Prophets Timeline" - here's a screenshot of what I get:
I can't get this when I search my tools in L10
When I search "Old Testament Prophets" in the Advanced Timeline, It tries to populate the current era which doesn't help
I tried using "Jewish" instead of Old Testament because I know some consider "old" to be pejorative language, but still no love!
Is there any way to get Gordon's results in 2023/2024?
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Just saw this nice, very nice. Thank you.
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I can't get this when I search my tools in L10
It's a resource.
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