Since Abraham is called a prophet in Genesis 20:7, can we also call Adam and Noah prophets, as Islam does?
A viewer notes that Abraham is the first person called a prophet in Genesis 20:7 and asks whether we can therefore call Adam and Noah prophets, as Islam does.
Answer
I checked Genesis 20:7, and yes, it uses the ordinary Hebrew word for prophet, nabi. Now, from that you conclude we can call Adam and Noah prophets. Noah, certainly: 2 Peter calls him a preacher of righteousness, a man warning the whole world to repent before the coming flood, which is exactly what a prophet does. Adam, however, is never called a prophet; he simply goes into the sunset in Genesis 5, where we are told how long he lived and that he bore Seth, and no more. So there is nothing that connects Adam with being a prophet, but neither are Seth or Enosh called prophets, and many faithful men are not given that title. We do know from Genesis 4:26 that in those days men began to call on the name of the Lord, and anyone who does that is a prophet in a small sense, as opposed to the authoritatively designated prophets like Isaiah or Jeremiah. So your logic that Abraham being called a prophet lets us call Adam a prophet does not quite carry, because for some reason Adam is simply not given that title.