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| Contents |
Overview of Biblical prophets and related roles -- Definitions of prophet -- Technical vocabulary -- Religious intermediaries -- Summary -- Female prophecy around biblical Israel -- Scope and limitations of data -- Oracles of female prophets in Mari -- Female prophets in Mari -- Assyrian (Ninevite) oracles concerning Esarhaddon -- Assyrian (Ninevite) oracles concerning Ashurbanipal -- Female prophets in Nineveh -- Female prophets in Emar -- General observations on ANE and Israelite female prophets -- Summary -- Female prophets in the Hebrew scriptures -- Miriam (Miryam) -- Deborah (D'vorah) -- Huldah (Chuldah) -- HaNeviy'ah (the anonymous woman-prophet) -- Daughters who prophesy in Ezekiel (Yechezaʻel) -- Daughters who will prophesy in Joel (Yoʻel) -- No'adiah -- Daughters of Heman -- Summary -- Female prophetic guilds in context -- Musical/funerary guilds -- Scribal guilds -- Summary -- Rabbinic and Christian trajectories -- Navi'/Nevi'ah in rabbinic texts -- Navi'/Nevi'ah in the Mishnah -- Navi'/Nevi'ah in the Midrash -- Navi'/Nevi'ah in the Talmuds -- Prophetis in early Christian texts -- Summary -- Prophetic constructions -- General observations from Ancient Near Eastern and Ancient Israelite prophetic literature -- Prophetic constructions -- Summary. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-206) and indexes. |
| LCCN | 2007040661 |
| ISBN | 9780800662585 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 080066258X (alk. paper) |
