MOSES
16th century BCMoses was born and educated in Egypt in the sixteenth century BC during Israel’s captivity...
DAVID
10th century BCDavid’s name is mentioned 85 times in the NT. He is regarded as the greatest king of ancient Israel...
JOB
earlyJob was a blameless, godly, wealthy man from the east, apparently not an Israelite...
PSALMS
early to lateThe messianic psalms have various authors. David composed half of the psalms...
AMOS
760 BCAmos was a shepherd, called to be a prophet. From Judah, he nevertheless ministered to Israel...
HOSEA
760-720 BCHosea was the only writing prophet coming from the northern kingdom of Israel...
ISAIAH
739-685 BCIsaiah prophesied in Judah for nearly sixty years. The first half of his book concerns events that happened...
MICAH
737-690 BCMicah prophesied during a similar period to Isaiah and Hosea. He predicted both the fall ...
ZEPHANIAH
640-608 BCZephaniah was a descendant of king Hezekiah who in the eighth century BC warned Judah ...
JEREMIAH
627-580 BCJeremiah was from a priestly family and is regarded as a prophet of doom, warning Judah...
DANIEL
606-530 BCGod is sovereign over the history of the world, but he presently tolerates evil...
EZEKIEL
592-570 BCEzekiel’s prophetic career started when he was about thirty years old and living in exile...
JOEL
580-550 BCJoel gives no definite clues to the dates of his ministry. His main theme is “the Day of the Lord”...
OBADIAH
560 BCThis small book of 21 verses begins with judgment on Edom and finishes with the restoration...
ZECHARIAH
520-518 BCIn Zechariah’s vision in this chapter, there is reference to the exiles returning from Babylon...
HAGGAI
520-516 BCJerusalem and its temple were destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, in 586 BC...
MALACHI
460 BCMalachi is the last prophet of the OT, the next prophet being John the Baptist...