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The second section of Tanach, the books of the prophets which includes: Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Isaiah, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi
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How did Zechariah the son of Berechiah die?
Welcome to Mi Yodeya.
I actually wrote an essay for a course at uni on this topic about a year ago.
The NT is referencing a Jewish tradition that appears in several other sources in variant forms. The …
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How did Manoach not know he was speaking with an Angel?
Re-read the verse. Manoach's wife told him she met a prophet (איש האלוקים/man of God is a title for a prophet) who looked like an angel:
"The woman went and told her husband, “A man of God came to me …
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Why is it important to state that Avraham was a prophet?
In Beresheet 20:7 it says:
"וְעַתָּה הָשֵׁב אֵשֶׁת הָאִישׁ כִּי נָבִיא הוּא וְיִתְפַּלֵּל בַּעַדְךָ וֶחְיֵה וְאִם אֵינְךָ מֵשִׁיב דַּע כִּי מוֹת תָּמוּת אַתָּה וְכָל אֲשֶׁר לָךְ"
"Therefore, restore …
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Why didn't Yehoshafat intervene?
In Melachim 1:22:7-28 and in Divrei Hayamim 2:18:6-27 we're told that Yehoshafat joined his father-in-law Achav to do battle with Aram. Unsure of the future, they decide to ask prophets what will be t …
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When was book of Shmuel written?
Abarbanel discusses this issue in his introduction to Sefer Yehoshua and concludes (my translation):
"And it seems that when Yirmiyahu wished to write Sefer Melachim, he clarified Sefer Shmuel that c …
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Yirmiyahu the Seer?
Last night, in Maariv of Yom Kippur, I noticed in Selichot a passage that I had never really noticed prior:
"אַל תַּעַזְבֵנוּ אָבִינוּ וְאַל תִּטְּשֵׁנוּ בּוֹרְאֵנוּ וְאַל תַּזְנִיחֵנוּ יוֹצְרֵנוּ וְ …
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History and prophecy in Na"ch
Abarbanel in his introduction to Yehoshua wrote:
"ואמנם אופן כתיבת הספרים ההם, ואיך ידעו הנביאים הדברים העוברים בימים הראשונים אשר כתבו על ספר, אין ספק שמצאו הנביאים דברים נכתבו באותם הזמנים בספרי דב …
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Did the Rambam consider all of these men prophets?
In his Introduction to the Mishna, Rambam wrote (emphasis mine):
"Until came the time of the men of the Great Assembly – and they were Chaggai, Zechariah, Malachi, Daniel, Chananiah, Mishael, Azariah …
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Bilam: a prophet/magician?
That Bilam was a prophet is stated in a number of sources, such as Bava Batra 15b:
"... Seven prophets prophesied to the nations of the world, and they are: Balaam and his father Beor..."
Other sour …
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Why was Nevuchadnezer able to command horses not to whinny, and birds not to fly?
Rabbi Tanchum Hayerushalmi in his commentary on Daniel1 explains that this is not literal. Rather, it's simply a symbolic title intended to represent Nevuchadnetzar's might and power as king, akin to …
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