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.
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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.