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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816888303321

Titolo

Prophets male and female : gender and prophecy in the Hebrew Bible, the Eastern Mediterranean, and the ancient Near East / / edited by Jonathan Stökl and Corrine L. Carvalho

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Atlanta, [Georgia] : , : Society of Biblical Literature, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-58983-777-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (362 pages)

Collana

Ancient Israel and Its Literature ; ; Number 15

Disciplina

224/.06081

Soggetti

Prophets

Prophecy

Sex role - Biblical teaching

Middle East Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

"Her outdoors": an anthropological perspective on female prophets and prophecy / Lester L. Grabbe -- Gender and prophetic agency in the Ancient Near East / Martti Nissinen -- Gender "ambiguity" in Ancient Near Eastern prophecy? a reassessment of the data behind a popular theory / Jonathan Stökl -- The misconstrued role of the assinnu in Ancient Near Eastern prophecy / Ilona Zsolnay -- The role of the female seer/prophet in ancient Greece / Anselm C. Hagedorn -- Sex and the single prophet: marital status and gender in Jeremiah and Ezekiel / Corrine Carvalho -- Speaking in dreams: the figure of Miriam and prophecy / Hanna Tervanotko -- Childless female diviners in the Bible and beyond / Esther J. Hamori -- "Misogyny" in service of theocentricity: legitimate or not? / Dale Launderville -- Spermatic spluttering pens: concerning the construction and breakdown of prophetic masculinity / Roland Boer.