In Christianity, the figures widely recognised as prophets are those mentioned as such in the Old Testament and the New Testament. It is believed that prophets are chosen and called by God. This article lists such prophets. The first list below consists of only those individuals that have been clearly defined as prophets, either by explicit statement or strong contextual implication, (e.g. the purported authors of the books listed as the major prophets and minor prophets) along with the biblical reference to their office. The second list consists of those individuals who are recorded as having had a visionary or prophetic experience, but without a history of any major or consistent prophetic calling. The third list consists of unnamed prophets. The fourth list contains the names of those described in the Bible as prophets, but who are presented as either misusing this gift or as fraudulent. The final list consists of post-biblical individuals regarded as prophets and of post-biblical individuals who are claimed to have had visionary or prophetic experience. Main list (68) A Aaron (Exodus ) Abel (Luke ) Abraham (Hebrews ) Adam (Genesis ) Ahijah (1 Kings ) Amos (one of the 12 Minor Prophets) Anna (Luke - Dedication of Jesus) Luke 2:36-38 Agabus (Acts of the Apostles ) Asaph (2 Chronicles ) Azariah (2 Chronicles ) Azur (Jeremiah ) D Daniel (Matthew ) David (Hebrews ) Deborah (Judges ) E Elijah (1 Kings ) Eber (Genesis ) Elisha (2 Kings ) Enoch (Jude ) Ezekiel (Ezekiel ) Ezra (Ezra ) G Gad (1 Samuel ) Gideon ( through ) H Habakkuk (Habakkuk 1:1) Haggai (Haggai 1:1) Hanani (2 Chronicles ) Hosea (Hosea 1:1) Huldah (2 Kings ) I Iddo (2 Chronicles ) Isaac (Genesis ) Isaiah (2 Kings ) Ishmael (Genesis ) J Jacob (Genesis ) Jehu (1 Kings ) Jeremiah (Jeremiah 20:2 Jethro (Exodus ) Joel (Acts 2:16) John the Baptist (Luke ) John of Patmos (Revelation ) Jonah (2 Kings ) Joshua (Joshua ) Judas Barsabbas (Acts ) Job (Job ) L Lamech (father of Noah) (Genesis ) Lucius of Cyrene (Acts 13:1) Lot (Genesis ) M Malachi (Malachi 1:1) Manahen (Acts 13:1) Melchizedek () Micah (Micah 1:1) Micaiah (1 Kings ) Miriam (Book of Exodus ) Moses (Deuteronomy ) N Nahum (Nahum 1:1) Nathan (2 Samuel ) Noah (Genesis ) O Obadiah (Obadiah ) Oded (2 Chronicles ) Father of Azariah the prophet Oded