the canonical group of books that forms the second of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament, comprising Joshua, Judges, 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 and 2 Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi.
And like all prophets, he was under-appreciated by his country, his community, and his party for far too long.
Ed Brooke: The Senate's Civil Rights Pioneer and Prophet of a Post-Racial America|John Avlon|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Mohammed, for example, in the Quran, made it clear that God “made no distinction between the revelations of any of the prophets.”
Karen Armstrong’s New Rule: Religion Isn’t Responsible for Violence|Patricia Pearson|October 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Then, with a hearty laugh: “No one wanted to listen to the prophets.”
Sarah and Susan Silverman: Comedian and Rabbi are Perfect Sisters|Kevin Fallon|March 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The thriving democracy conjured up by prophets of unification can quickly disintegrate into tribal war.
Partition Skepticism and the Future of the Peace Process|Avner Inbar, Assaf Sharon|September 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Entering this place we are let down by our teachers, by our heroes and our prophets.
Michael Hainey and Aleksandar Hemon’s Chicago Dreams|Chris Wallace|March 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The thousands who are responding to that call are the priests of today and the prophets of tomorrow.
Religion and the War|Various
The prophets and the rabbis continually dwell upon the hope of reunion.
Jewish Literature and Other Essays|Gustav Karpeles
You wish to know something of the Richmond and Wabash prophets.
Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson|Thomas Jefferson
The brotherly business between the two prophets was coming to an end fast, and all on account of Mrs. Kelly.
Cape Cod Stories|Joseph C. Lincoln
Prediction, therefore, of future events, was a very small part of the work of the Prophets.
Ten Great Religions|James Freeman Clarke
British Dictionary definitions for Prophets
Prophets
/ (ˈprɒfɪts) /
pl n
the books constituting the second main part of the Hebrew Bible, which in Jewish tradition is subdivided into the Former Prophets, Joshua, Judges, I-II Samuel, and I-II Kings, and the Latter Prophets, comprising those books which in Christian tradition are alone called the Prophets and which are divided into Major Prophets and Minor ProphetsCompare Law of Moses, Hagiographa