Daughters of Miriam : women prophets in ancient Israel
| 1. Verfasser: |
Gafney, Wilda, 1966-
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Minneapolis, MN :
Fortress Press,
2008.
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| Umfang/Format: |
x, 222 p. ; 22 cm. |
Inhaltsangabe:
- 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 (Yechezael)
- Daughters who will prophesy in Joel (Yoel)
- 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.
