Tradition 25 of 35
Prophecy, oracles, and revelation
Prophetic traditions, private revelation, oracle literature, and claimed predictions.
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- Books
- 5,366
- Earliest
- 290 CE
- to 2026
- Read free
- 57%
- 3,081 with public full text
- With covers
- 61%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match3,650
- Metadata match163
- Query match1,552
- Source classification (retained through merging)1
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Key subjects
- Prophecies2K
- Bible1.1K
- Early works to 1800552
- History479
- Prophecy382
- Messiah235
- Christianity184
- Criticism, interpretation163
- Oracles146
- Astrology117
- Prophecies (Occultism)115
- Second Advent96
- Jews91
- Prophetie90
- Controversial literature87
- Divination87
- Fiction81
- Messiahship76
- Catholic Church75
- Commentaries75
- Social Sciences74
- end of the world67
- Philosophy66
- public domain64
Top languages
- English2,416 · 45%
- German1,117 · 21%
- NOT537 · 10%
- French432 · 8%
- Latin357 · 7%
Notable authors
All authors- Joanna Southcott53 books
- Nostradamus42 in this tradition45 books
- Eleanor Lady Douglas40 in this tradition47 books
- William Lilly25 in this tradition100 books
- Alexander Keith21 books
- Giambattista della Porta20 in this tradition90 books
- Johann Nicolaus Martius19 in this tradition27 books
- Wolfgang Hildebrand17 in this tradition32 books
- Erin Hunter17 books
- Robert Fleming16 in this tradition26 books
- George Stanley Faber16 in this tradition22 books
- Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg16 in this tradition19 books
5,366 books
Era
The prophesie of Mother Shipton in the raigne of King Henry the Eighth
1873
The religious meditations, verse and autobiographical writings of Katherine Austen : Miscellany 1664-1683
1664
The struggle past
1853
The transactions of Mordison, Miller, and Watson
1773
The true and most miraculous narrative, of a child born with two tongues, at the lower end of East-Smithfeild [sic] in the suburbs of London, &c.
1659
The vision of the two brothers, Ebenezer and Ralph. To which is subjoin'd a French prophecy, by Mr. Desmarets, kinsman to the famous Nostradamus, found among the Duke of Orleans's MSS. and translated into English
1737
The vvhole prophecies of Scotland, England, France, Ireland, and Denmark. Prophecied by marvellous Merling, Beid, Berlington, Thomas Rymer, Waldhave. Eltrain, Banester, and Sybilla
1680
The whole prophecies of Scotland, England, Ireland, France, and Denmark
1700
The whole prophesie of Scotland, England, & some-part of France, and Denmark, prophesied bee meruellous Merling, Beid, Bertlingtoun, Thomas Rymour, Waldhaue, Eltraine, Banester, and Sibbilla, all according in one. Containing many strange and meruelous things
1603
The wonderful prophecy, declared by Christian James, a maid of twenty years of age, (late daughter of Daniel James) which was born and bred near the town which is called Padstow, in the county of Cornwal, who departed this life on the 8th of January; with a true relation of her behaviour both in her lifetime, and at the hour of her death; worthy to be had in perpetual memory
1720
Theatre-Royal, Edinburgh. The public is respectfully informed, that, Miss Ellen Tree, and Miss Anne Tree, will make their last appearance here but one this season, this present evening, Friday, July 29, 1825, when will be performed the comedy of The wonder! ... To which will be added the farce of Simpson & Co. ... The whole to conclude with, compressed as an afterpiece, the opera of Guy Mannering, or The gipsy's prophecy
1825
Thirteen strange and wonderful new prophecies and predictions for the year, 1695
1695
Trial of Mr Edward Irving, late minister of the National Scotch Church, Regent Square, London
1833
Two strange prophesies predicting wonderfull events to betide this yeere of danger in this clymate whereof some have already come to passe
1642
VVonders foretold by her crete prophet of Wales
1643
[A Voice out of the wildernes, crying with many tears and strong perswasions to the world for repentance.
1661
[New predictions of the fate of the princes and states of the world
1688
Le pantheon et temple des oracles où preside Fortune dedié au Roy, par François DHervé de lordre des Chevaliers de S. Jehan de Hierusalem, seigneur et commandeur de Valcanville, Cantelon et Sauxetours.
Jean-François Cocq d' Hervé
Date unknownFrench
Refutation des propheties faussement attribuées sur les elections des papes depuis Celestin II. jusqu'a la fin du monde.
Claude-François Ménestrier
Date unknownFrench
Millennial controversy
[184-?]
A vindication of the sibylline oracles.
1715
Almanach prophétique, pittoresque et utile pour 1845.
1844French
Choice
2025German
Chresmoi sibylliakoi.
1891Greek