There are four major prophets in the Bible (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel), but there are five books by them (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, and Daniel). The 12 books of the "minor" prophets are no less important than those of the "major" prophets but "major" a reflection of the length of the books and the considerable number of the prophecies in them.
We can very well say that the holy bible is divided into several types of books, such as History, in this we can take the history of Isa real and all its kings both good and bad ones. Then there is the book of Prophesies by all the prophets both major and minor prophets, then the books of Wisdom, these are the books of king Solomon. The books of prqaise Psalms.
The five groups are: # The Law Books or Books of Moses # Historical Books # Poetical Books # Major Prophets # Minor Prophets * Sometimes the last two groups are regarded as one division.
The five divisions of the Old Testament are the Pentateuch, History, Poetry or Writings, Major Prophets, and Minor Prophets. The Pentateuch (sometimes referred to as the Law or the Books of Moses) consists of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. They were (according to tradition) written by Moses, which is why they are grouped together.
The books of the law: Genesis-Deuteronomy Books of history: Joshua-Esther Books of poetry/wisdom: Job-Song of Solomon Major prophets: Isaiah-Daniel Minor prophets: Hosea-Malachi The gospels: Matthew-John The Acts of the Apostles: Acts Paul's epistles: Romans-Philemon General epistles: Hebrews-Jude End time prophecy: Revelation
The major prophets are those whose books are longer and considered more prominent than the minor prophets.
There are four major prophets in the Bible (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel), but there are five books by them (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, and Daniel). The 12 books of the "minor" prophets are no less important than those of the "major" prophets but "major" a reflection of the length of the books and the considerable number of the prophecies in them.
In the Bible, the distinction between Major and Minor Prophets is based on the length of the prophetic books rather than the significance of the prophets themselves. Daniel is considered a Major Prophet not necessarily because of his qualifications, but because his book is longer and more extensive in content compared to the books of the Minor Prophets. Similarly, Hosea and Zechariah are classified as Minor Prophets because their prophetic books are shorter in length. Each prophet was called by God to deliver His message to the people, regardless of their classification as Major or Minor Prophets.
The old Testement are known as 5 12 5 5 12 basically 5 books of Law, 12 books History, 5 books of Poetry, 5 books of Major Prophets and 12 books of Minor Prophets.
The difference between "major" prophets and "minor" prophets is, basically, the length of the books attributed to or about them.
"Minor" in this case refers to the length of their books, it has nothing to do with their importance. In fact, it doesn't actually refer to the prophet (the person) but to the prophetic book that bears their name. In the Hebrew Bible there were twelve smaller books bundled as one called the "Twelve". The Christian Bible presents these twelve as separate books and calls them the "Minor Prophets". The longer prophetic books of the Old Testament are called "Major Prophets" and are considerably more lengthy writings. The concept of major and minor prophets is Christian and is not a concept used by Jews.
These books in the Old Testament are called the Prophets. There are the major prophets and the minor prophets. The major prophets are: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, and Daniel. The minor prophets are: Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi. The Major Prophets are called "major" because their books are longer and the content has wide, even global implications. The Minor Prophets are called "minor" because their books are shorter and the content is more narrowly focused.
Malachi is one of the minor prophets. Not because his message was minor because of the length of his writing, being a short book of the Bible. By contrast, Isaiah and Jeremiah are consisered to be major prophets becasue of the lengths of the books they wrote.
Isaiah, Ezekiel, and Jeremiah are considered the Major Prophets. It is worth noting, though, that they have this distinction only because their books are far longer than those of the other prophets, not because they were "better prophets" or achieved a higher level of prophecy.
The minor Prophets are the books of Hosea, Joel, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi.They are called the minor prophets because compared to the major prophet they are shorter. The prophesies in these books are mainly about the nation of Israel
The five books of the Prophets in the Hebrew Bible are: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the Twelve Minor Prophets (Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi).
The books of the Old Testament are usually divided into the following broad categories: the Pentatuch (5 books of Moses), history, poetic & wisdom, major prophets, minor prophets. Note that in this context "major" and "minor' refer only to the length of the books, not the importance of the prophets. Typically the books are grouped as follows in the Bible (although different versions of the bible may change the order a bit and add or omit some books).The books of MosesGenesis ExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyHistoryJoshua JudgesRuthI SamuelII SamuelI KingsII KingsI ChroniclesII ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEsterPoetic and "wisdom"Job PsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SolomonMajor prophets (i.e. the big [major] books)Isaiah JeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielMinor prophets (i.e. the smaller [minor] books)Hosea JoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachi