The Lives of the Prophets: Greek Text and Translation

by Anonymous, Charles Cutler Torrey (Translator)

Format Paperback Subject Literary Collections Publisher Society of Biblical Literature

60 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1946

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Reviews

[Brandon H. · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a really short book that could qualify as a booklet. It belongs in the Old Testament Apocrypha. I found it interesting though I take its claims with a grain of salt. It gives a few more details to the lives of 23 Old Testament prophets, including where they born, where they died or were buried and the things they (supposedly) did that didn't make it into the canonized books of the Bible.

For example, Obadiah - "He was from the region of Shechem, of the field of Beth-hakkerem. He was a pupil of Elijah, and having done much in his service he was saved from death by him. He was that third captain of the fifty whom Elijah spared, and went down with him to Ahaziah. Afterward, leaving the service of the king, he became a prophet, and upon his death, he was buried with his fathers." Pg 41

[Briana Grenert · Rating 5 out of 5]

Useful introduction and footnotes.
Amazing stories! Jonah as the child Elijah raised, Isaiah sawed in half (classic!), Malachi a beauty queen! Gotta love it. Nice to have both the Greek and a translation.

[Santiago González (puntoartica) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Narraciones breves de principalmente las muertes (casi todo versiones extrabíblicas) y localización del sepulcro de los profetas del AT. Como dice el traductor es muy interesante para ver el sentir judío de la época de Jesús y en la que se escribió el NT.

[Fede Boccacci · Rating 3 out of 5]

Un apócrifo del Antiguo Testamento del siglo I dC, que describe (como su título original lo dice) los nombre de los profetas, de dónde son, dónde murieron, cómo y dónde están enterrados.