50 Daniel, usually viewed as one of the Major Prophets in the English Bible, actually appears in the third division of the Hebrew Canon called “the Writings.” Mostly because of their size, the Latter Prophets are subdivided into the Major Prophets (Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel), and the twelve Minor Prophets, whose writings could all be included in one large scroll which came to be known in Greek as theĭo„decaprophe„ton, “the Twelve-Prophet Book”). There were other oral prophets like Nathan, Ahijah, Iddo, Jehu, Elijah, Elisha, Oded, Shemaiah, Azariah, Hanani, Jahaziel, and Huldah who left no records of their utterances. These prophets are sometimes called the writing prophets because their authors wrote or recorded their utterances. The term ‘latter’ speaks primarily of their place in the canon rather than of their chronological position.
The seventeen books considered in this section were classified in the Hebrew Bible as the Latter Prophets. Though these books deal with the history of Israel, they were composed from a prophetic viewpoint and possibly even the authors themselves may have been prophets by profession. The first division of the Old Testament was known as the Law with the second being called the Former Prophets, but these included four books which have already been outlined-Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings. The Prophets of Israel Viewed as a Whole Their Designation
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