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. - Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, ©2013. - 1 online resource (xiv, 347 pages). - Ancient Israel and its literature ; no. 15 . - Ancient Israel and its literature ; no. 15. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-314) and indexes.

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

9781589837775 1589837770

22573/ctt16xdbj6 JSTOR


Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. -- Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible.--Old Testament.


Prophets.
Prophecy.
Sex role--Biblical teaching.
Middle East--Religion.
Prophecy.
Prophets.
Sex role--Biblical teaching.
RELIGION--Ancient.
RELIGION--Biblical Studies--Prophets.
Prophecy.
Prophets.
Religion.
Sex role--Biblical teaching.


Middle East--Religion.
Middle East.


Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

BS1198 / .P758 2013

224/.06081