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

Imprint Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, c2013.

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Description xiv, 347 p. ; 23 cm.
Series Ancient Israel and its literature ; no. 15
Ancient Israel and its literature ; no. 15.
ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-314) and indexes.
Contents "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.
Reproduction Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2014. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([Ancient Israel and its literature]) ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet.
Subject Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Prophets.
Prophecy.
Sex role -- Biblical teaching.
Middle East -- Religion.
Added Author Stökl, Jonathan, 1977-
Carvalho, Corrine L.
American Council of Learned Societies.
In: ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: https://www.humanitiesebook.org/
Other Form: Original 9781589837768 9781589837737 (DLC) 2013004359
Standard No. 2027/heb32025 hdl

 
    
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