5 sentences with 'prophets'
Example sentences and phrases with the word prophets and other words derived from it.
• « A tradition of prophets, later remembered as the Prophetic Movement, emerged among certain individuals who sought to represent the poorest and most beleaguered members of the community, calling for a return to the more communal and egalitarian society of the past. »
• « The prophets were hostile to both the political power structure and the deviation from the exclusive worship of Yahweh. »
• « The prophets were also responsible for enunciating the idea that Yahweh was the only god, partly in reaction to Assyria's demands that all subjects recognise the Assyrian god Asshur as the supreme god. »
• « In Islam, the prophets who came before Muhammad, from Abraham and Moses to Jesus, are revered as genuine messengers of God. The distinction is that, for Muslims, Muhammad was the last prophet, bringing the "definitive version" of God's message to humanity. »
• « According to Islam, Muhammad was the last in the line of prophets going back to Abraham and Moses, including Jesus, whom Muslims consider a great prophet and religious leader, but who is not actually divine. »