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Teachings of the Catholic Church The Classical Age of Israelite Prophecy
Prior Prophets:
Samuel (before Saul)
Elijah (after the divide, slightly before 850)
Elisha (disciple of Elijah, slightly after 850)
Middle and Late Eighth Century B.C.
Amos (c. 750) -- North
Hosea (c. 745) -- North
[After the fall of the North to the Assyrians in 722 B.C., the remainder
of the prophets are prophets to the South.]
Isaiah (c. 742-700) -- South
Micah (c. 722-701) -- South
Late Seventh Century B.C.
Zephaniah (c. 628-622)
Jeremiah (c. 626-587)
Nahum (c. 612)
Habakkuk (c. 605)
Sixth Century B.C.
Ezekiel (c. 593-573)
Obadiah (after 587)
II Isaiah (c. 540)
Period of Restoration
Haggai (c. 520-515)
Zechariah (c. 520-515)
Joel (c. 500-350)
Malachi (c. 500-450)
Comparative Dates:
Aeschylus: 525-456 B.C.
Battle of Marathon: 490 B.C.
Battle of Thermopylae: 480 B.C.
End of the Persian Wars: 449 B.C.
Euripides: 484-406 B.C.
Sophocles: 496-406 B.C.
Peloponnesian Wars: 431-404
Socrates: 470-399 B.C.
Plato’s Republic: 411 B.C.
Aristophanes: 450-387 B.C.
Thucydides: 460-395 B.C.
Buddha: d. 480 B.C.
Confucius: d. 479 B.C.
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