# Prophetic books

Tanakh (Judaism) :
Torah (Instruction)GenesisBereshitExodusShemotLeviticusWayiqraNumbersBemidbarDeuteronomyDevarim :
Nevi'im (Prophets)
Former
JoshuaYehoshuaJudgesShofetimSamuelShemuelKingsMelakhim
Latter
IsaiahYeshayahuJeremiahYirmeyahuEzekielYekhezqel
Minor
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi :
Ketuvim (Writings)
Poetic
PsalmsTehillimProverbsMishleiJobIyov
Five Megillot (Scrolls)
Song of SongsShir HashirimRuthRutLamentationsEikhahEcclesiastesQoheletEstherEster
Historical
DanielDaniyyelEzra–NehemiahEzraChroniclesDivre Hayyamim :
Old Testament (Christianity) :
Pentateuch
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy :
Historical
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1–2 Samuel
1–2 Kings
1–2 Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther :
Wisdom
Job
Psalms
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Songs :
Prophetic
Major prophets
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
Minor prophets
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi :
Deuterocanonical
Tobit
Judith
Additions to Esther
1 Maccabees
2 Maccabees
Wisdom of Solomon
Sirach
Baruch / Letter of Jeremiah
Additions to Daniel
Orthodox only
1 Esdras
2 Esdras
Prayer of Manasseh
Psalm 151
3 Maccabees
4 Maccabees
Odes
Orthodox Tewahedo
Enoch
Jubilees
1, 2, and 3 Meqabyan
Paralipomena of Baruch
Broader canon :
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The prophetic books are a division of the Christian Bible, grouping 18 books (Catholic and Orthodox canon) or 17 books (Protestant canon, excluding Baruch) in the Old Testament. In terms of the Tanakh, it includes the Latter Prophets from the Nevi'im, with the addition of Lamentations (which in the Tanakh is one of the Five Megillot) and Daniel, both of which are included among the books of the Hebrew Ketuvim.
The prophetic books are named as such because prophets are traditionally attributed as authors. However, modern scholars think that the books as they have been handed down to the present time are the work of successive generations of writers who took their inspiration the messages of these prophets. These authors were active between 750 BC and 450 BC. The first six of the books are known as the major prophets, while the last 12 are known as the minor prophets. These names do not imply that the major prophets are more important than the minor prophets, but refer to the major prophetic books being much longer than the minor ones. The books of Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel have 66, 52 and 48 chapters, respectively, while the minor prophets merely have 1 to 14 chapters per book.
Incidentally, outside of the prophetic books, prophets also feature as characters in other books of the Hebrew Bible.

## List

The major prophets in Christianity are:
* Isaiah
* Jeremiah
* Lamentations
* Baruch (only included in the Catholic and Orthodox canons)
* Ezekiel
* Daniel
In Judaism, only Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel are counted amongst the 'major prophets'. Baruch, a Septuagintal book, is considered canonical only in Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, and Oriental Orthodox churches but apocryphal in Protestant Christianity and in Judaism.
The minor prophets are the same in Christianity as in Judaism (however, in Jewish Bibles they are grouped as one single book, titled "The Twelve"):
* Hosea
* Joel
* Amos
* Obadiah
* Jonah
* Micah
* Nahum
* Habakkuk
* Zephaniah
* Haggai
* Zechariah
* Malachi