Daughters of Miriam Women Prophets in Ancient Israel

Name: Daughters of Miriam Women Prophets in Ancient Israel
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ISBN: 9780800662585

ISBN-10: 080066258X

ISBN-13: 9780800662585

Edition: 2008

Authors: Wilda C. Gafney, Wilda Gafney

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Women prophets gave powerful voice to Yahwist faith at the formative moments in ancient Israel's development, and were expected in biblical visions of the future. Now they come to the foreground as Wilda C. Gafney explores prophetic practices in ancient Israel, different models for women's sacred roles in the Near Eastern environment, and changing understandings of women's leadership in early and rabbinic Judaism as well.

Book details

Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: 1517 Media
Publication date: 2/13/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 5.47" wide x 8.47" long x 0.56" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Wilda C. Gafney is Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible at Brite Divinity School in Fort Worth, Texas. She is the author of Daughters of Miriam: Women Prophets in Ancient Israel and coeditor of The People's Bible and The People's Companion to the Bible. Visit her Web site at www.wilgafney.com.



Preface


Introduction



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 (Yecheza'el)


Daughters Who Will Prophesy in Joel (Yo'el)


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


Abbreviations


Endnotes


Glossary


Index of Scripture Citations


Subject/Name Index