questions pertaining to prophets and prophecy
Questions tagged [nevua-prophecy]
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Can a prophecy in Judaism have more than one fulfillment?
To use an example, many passages in Isaiah are explained in Christianity to have been fulfilled almost immediately (with the then-current struggles of Judah against Israel, Assyria, etc.) and also later a second time with the arrival of Jesus.
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How do you know what God wants without prophets now to tell you?
I have been told that there have been no further prophets since the last of the Hebrew Bible was written ~2500 years ago. Without prophets, how do you know God's will? Who is a valid messenger of God -- whom do you trust?
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Was Nevuah given verbatim?
When we read stories of Nevuah in Tanach, are the nevuos being recorded as verbatim or is each Navi "paraphrasing" what the nevuah was?
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Was it accepted that prophecy ended?
Judaism holds that prophecy was removed in the early 2nd temple period.
Was this view widely held accross Jewry of the 2nd temple, only held by Pharisees, or only made up later?
Did you get folk prophets like these guys (or the inspired parade of…
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Are the words of the prophets such as Yeshayahu the literal words of God?
This is a "2-part question" (hope it's OK to do that.)
The language used by most of the prophets is metaphoric, for the most part. Are they conveying the literal words of God, or are they interpreting, paraphrasing or adding some of their own,…
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What is a prophet in Judaism?
When can one be considered a prophet in Judaism? What do they have to do to achieve the title of prophet? Do they have to make a predication about the future?
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How do we know prophecy ceased in Israel?
The Talmud says that after the fall of the first Temple prophecy ceased in Israel (Yoma 9b, Sanhedrin 11a, Sotah 48b.).
But things improved after the return and the rebuilding of the Temple, not least of which is the disappearance of idolatry from…
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End of Prophecy
The Prophet Malachi is the commonly accepted latest prophet. The latest book of the Tanach (Daniel) is about 250 years later. Is there a reason why prophecy is understood to have ended or why later prophets could not be expected? I am not asking for…
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Who officially authorizes a prophet and how?
Following "test-a-true-prophet",
After reading Rambam (Yesodey Hatora) that describes the idea of prophecy and prophethood, I understood, that at some point of time a "prophecizing" person must become an official prophet, so everyone must listen to…
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Was Daniel a prophet?
The book of Daniel is in the Ketuvim portion of Tanach, which would indicate him not being among the prophets.
However, Daniel was given the ability to interpret Nebuchadnezzar's dream
(Daniel 2:19)
Then the secret was revealed to Daniel in the…
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When was the last time God spoke to man?
The Bible is full of moments where God speaks to prophets or to groups of people. But beyond the Bible God is said to speak to others in the Talmud and even later Jewish lore. Other religions are able to make statements about when God's speech or…
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What magnitude of a test a true prophet must be tested?
IIRC, if a prophet says a [small] prophecy and it comes true we should believe him.
What magnitude of a prophecy should it be - war is coming the next week, there's gonna be a solar eclipse next month, X is gonna win the elections, tomorrow is going…
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Can God speak to non-prophets?
Can God speak to non prophets, or do they simply become prophets the moment that God speaks to them?
Or to put it less philosophically. Can I as regular Joe ever hear the voice of God? Could God have a special message for non prophet Joe? Or does…
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visions and such of other religions-how does judaism view it?
every religion has visions of characters in their religion.this is most common among christians with near death experiences with The Nazarene,but buddhists meet amitabha and padmasambhava and go to purelands,hindu gurus meet vishnu,kali and shiva…
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Source for the total number of prophets
In a website (http://www.jewfaq.org/prophet.htm) I found the following quotation:
The Talmud teaches that there were hundreds of thousands of prophets: twice as many as the number of people who left Egypt, which was 600,000. But most of the prophets…
