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Prophets In Judaism
According to the Talmud, there were 48 prophets and 7 prophetesses of Judaism. The last Jewish prophet is believed to have been Malachi. In Jewish tradition it is believed that the period of prophecy, called '' Nevuah'', ended with Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi at which time the " Shechinah departed from Israel". Rabbinic tradition According to the Talmud, there were 48 prophets and 7 prophetesses. The 48 prophets to Israel # 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 # Micaiah # Jonah # Amos # Hosea # Amoz # Isaiah # Micah # Joel # Zephaniah # Nahum # Habakkuk # Urijah # Jeremiah # Ezekiel # Mehseiah # Neriah # Baruch ben Neriah # Seraiah # Haggai # Zechariah # Mordechai Bilshan # Malachi The 7 prophetesses to Israel # Sarah # Miriam # Deborah # H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Talmud
The Talmud (; he, , Talmūḏ) is the central text of Rabbinic Judaism and the primary source of Jewish religious law ('' halakha'') and Jewish theology. Until the advent of modernity, in nearly all Jewish communities, the Talmud was the centerpiece of Jewish cultural life and was foundational to "all Jewish thought and aspirations", serving also as "the guide for the daily life" of Jews. The term ''Talmud'' normally refers to the collection of writings named specifically the Babylonian Talmud (), although there is also an earlier collection known as the Jerusalem Talmud (). It may also traditionally be called (), a Hebrew abbreviation of , or the "six orders" of the Mishnah. The Talmud has two components: the Mishnah (, 200 CE), a written compendium of the Oral Torah; and the Gemara (, 500 CE), an elucidation of the Mishnah and related Tannaitic writings that often ventures onto other subjects and expounds broadly on the Hebrew Bible. The term "Talmud" may refer to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gad (prophet)
Gad (, ) was a seer or prophet mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and the writings of Jewish historian Josephus. He was one of the personal prophets of King David of Israel and, according to the Talmudic tradition, some of his writings are believed to be included in the Books of Samuel. He is first mentioned in telling David to return from refuge in Moab to the forest of Hereth in the land of Judah. The next biblical reference to Gad is () where, after David confesses his sin of taking a census of the people of Israel and Judah, God sends Gad to David to offer him a choice of three forms of punishment. Gad is mentioned a final time in the Books of Samuel in , coming to David and telling him to build an altar to God after God stops the plague that David had chosen as punishment. The place indicated by Gad for the altar is "in the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite". tells of an encounter Gad had with the angel of the Lord The (or an) angel of the ( he, מַלְאַ� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
