Prophetic traditions

Prophetic traditions refers to any written or oral prophecies within a culture, usually of religious nature.

A major source of such early prophetic traditions comes from the Jewish religion where it is called Masorah, and is identified in Oral Torah, notably in the Pirkei Avot that spans the tradition from Moses to the time of the Second Temple.

In the Christian prophetic tradition the texts are reflected in the New Testament.

The Islamic prophetic tradition is exemplified by the Hadith

The Mormon prophetic tradition was started by Joseph Smith, Jr..

Non-religious prophetic traditions are represented by Nostradamus in France.

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