God the Holy Spirit, Mentor's Guide, MG14

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b. The writings characterized as “The Prophets” are largely made up of oracles given by recognized prophets. These prophecies particularly focus on calling disobedient Israel back to pure devotion to Yahweh.

c. The author of the Law is Israel’s greatest prophet.

(1) Moses wrote the books of the Law (Torah), not the prophetic books. (2) Moses is the key prophet of the Old Testament. He stands as the fundamental measuring rod of all prophetic ministry that followed him and is himself a pattern for the prophetic ministry of the Messiah.

(3) Deut. 34.10

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(4) Deut. 18.15 (cf. Acts 3.22; 7.37).

d. Anyone who writes under divine inspiration from the Spirit of God is writing prophetically even though what he or she is writing may not be placed in the section of Scripture known as “prophetic books.” Again, in the broadest sense, all Scripture is prophecy, not just certain sections within it, because all of it is truth that comes by direct revelation from God.

The broad usage of the term [prophet] explains why the patriarch Abram (Gen. 20.7), the priest Aaron (Exod. 7.1), and the singer Jeduthun (1 Chron. 25.3) were all called prophets even though the Scriptures contain no record of their call to prophetic office.

3. Misconception #3: All prophets are men.

a. The Scriptures record numerous women prophets.

~ International Standard Bible Encyclopedia , Vol. 3. p. 986.

(1) Miriam, the sister of Moses, Exod. 15.20

(2) Deborah, Judges 4.4

(3) Huldah, 2 Chron. 34.22

(4) Anna, Luke 2.36