Prophets
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Prophets may refer to:
- High Prophets (Halo), The Covenant leaders in Halo 2
- Prophets (ministry), one of the five Ascension Gift Ministries
- LDS Prophets, modern day Prophets of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Nevi'imNevi'imNevi'im is the second of the three major sections in the Hebrew Bible, the Tanakh. It falls between the Torah and Ketuvim .Nevi'im is traditionally divided into two parts:...
, which is the second of the three major sections in the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) - ProphetProphetIn religion, a prophet, from the Greek word προφήτης profitis meaning "foreteller", is an individual who is claimed to have been contacted by the supernatural or the divine, and serves as an intermediary with humanity, delivering this newfound knowledge from the supernatural entity to other people...
, an interpreter or spokesperson of a deity - Prophet (Star Trek)Prophet (Star Trek)In the fictional Star Trek universe, the Prophets, also known as Wormhole Aliens, are non-corporeal beings who inhabit the artificially constructed Bajoran wormhole which connects a distant point in the Gamma Quadrant to the Alpha Quadrant, near the planet of Bajor and the space station Deep Space...
, in the fictional Star Trek universe - Prophets (verse novel), a 1995 verse novelVerse novelA verse novel is a type of narrative poetry in which a novel-length narrative is told through the medium of poetry rather than prose. Either simple or complex stanzaic verse-forms may be used, but there will usually be a large cast, multiple voices, dialogue, narration, description, and action in a...
by Kwame DawesKwame DawesKwame Senu Neville Dawes is a poet, actor, editor, critic, musician, and Louis Frye Scudder Professor of Liberal Arts at the University of South Carolina. He currently works as editor-in-chief at the Prairie Schooner. -Life:... - Prophets in JudaismProphets in JudaismThe 48 Prophets and seven Prophetesses according to Rashi, Megillah 14a and glosses ad loc.-The 48 Prophets:# Abraham# Isaac# Jacob# Moses# Aaron# Joshua # Phineas# Elkanah# Eli# Samuel # Gad# Nathan# David...
- Prophets of ChristianityProphets of ChristianityThis is a list of prophets recognized in Christianity, including those mentioned in both the Hebrew Bible and the canonical New Testament.The main list consists of only those individuals that have been clearly defined as prophets, either by explicit statement or strong contextual implication, ...
- Prophets of IslamProphets of IslamMuslims identify the Prophets of Islam as those humans chosen by God and given revelation to deliver to mankind. Muslims believe that every prophet was given a belief to worship God and their respective followers believed it as well...
- approximately 124,000, beginning with Adam and ending with Muhammad