Timeline for Who is the last prophet in Judaism?
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| May 27, 2015 at 22:46 | comment | added | HaLeiVi | Danno, if you follow through the examples you'd see the answer. Those aren't actual prophecies. A prophet is crystal clear, without any vagueness. Those are just influences into the vulnerable or receptive (or delicate) mind from outside of the person's control. | |
| May 2, 2014 at 16:45 | comment | added | preferred | Elisha who was a prophet cured Naaman from his leprosy. This is usually understood to be through prophesy. But seforim like 'tror hamor' write that this is found in the torah. I therefore think all prophesy is really found in the Torah and the 'prophet' knows where to find it. | |
| May 2, 2014 at 16:43 | comment | added | preferred | Our understanding of the word prophet usually means one who can know the future, or even the present, what others dont know. I am not sure this is the correct translation. The t'nach also says that when moshiach comes your children will be prophets. | |
| May 9, 2013 at 22:58 | comment | added | Danield | @msh210 Actually Rambam says this explicitly: see Rambam Hilchot Tshuva Ch 9 Halach2: ... because the king who will arise from David's descendants will be a greater master of knowledge than Solomon and a great prophet, close to the level of Moses, our teacher... | |
| Jul 16, 2012 at 14:40 | comment | added | rosends | how do these answers fit in with the discussion in Bava Basra 12 which states not only that there is prophecy in the chochomim, but in lunatics and children. If that was only symbolic, why give particular examples? | |
| Jul 16, 2012 at 7:33 | comment | added | b a | @msh210 You are right that it is a possible interpretation — and it is possibly the more straightforward one. However, it says אלא בתורה ובמשה רבינו. If you say the other refers to ones besides Moshe, it is also referring to the ones besides the Torah, and the Torah is not a prophet. | |
| Jul 16, 2012 at 5:53 | comment | added | msh210♦ | M'lachim 11:1 says "וכל מי שאינו מאמין בו. או מי שאינו מחכה לביאתו לא בשאר נביאים בלבד הוא כופר אלא בתורה ובמשה רבינו". This doesn't seem to be calling mashiach a prophet at all. "Other prophets" is not those besides mashiach but those besides Moshe. | |
| Jul 16, 2012 at 5:29 | comment | added | b a | (I later saw that the Rambam said so explicitly elsewhere; see the link in comments) | |
| Jul 16, 2012 at 5:26 | history | answered | b a | CC BY-SA 3.0 |