Neviʾim (Hebrew) English The Prophets the second division of the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament the other two being the Torah (the Law) and the Ketuvim (the Writings or the Hagiographa). In the Hebrew canon the Prophets are divided into first book the Former Prophets (Joshua Judges Samuel and Kings) and second book the Latter Prophets (Isaiah Jeremiah Ezekiel and the Twelve or Minor Prophets: Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah and Malachi).

This canon though somewhat fluid up to the early 2nd century BC was finally fixed by a council of rabbis at Jabneh (Jamnia) now in Israel c. AD 100.