Skip to main content
ACLS Humanities E-Book
Fulcrum logo

Share the story of what Open Access means to you

a graphic of a lock that is open, the universal logo for open access

University of Michigan needs your feedback to better understand how readers are using openly available ebooks. You can help by taking a short, privacy-friendly survey.

  1. Home
  2. Prophets male and female: gender and prophecy in the Hebrew Bible, the Eastern Mediterranean, and the ancient Near East

Prophets male and female: gender and prophecy in the Hebrew Bible, the Eastern Mediterranean, and the ancient Near East

Jonathan Stökl and Corrine L. Carvalho c2013 © Society of Biblical Literature
Read Book
Series
  • Ancient Israel and Its Literature
ISBN(s)
  • 9781589837768 (paper)
  • 9781589837737 (hardcover)
  • 9781589837775 (ebook)
Subject
  • Biblical Literature
Citable Link

  • Table of Contents

  • Stats

  • Frontmatter
  • Abbreviations (page ix)
    • Introduction (Corrine Carvalho and Jonathan Stökl, page 1)
  • Part 1: Prophecy in the Ancient Near East and Greece
    • "Her Outdoors": An Anthropological Perspective on Female Prophets and Prophecy (Lester L. Grabbe, page 11)
    • Gender and Prophetic Agency in the Ancient Near East and in Greece (Martti Nissinen, page 27)
    • Gender "Ambiguity" in Ancient Near Eastern Prophecy? A Reassessment of the Data behind a Popular Theory (Jonathan Stökl, page 59)
    • The Misconstrued Role of the Assinnu in Ancient Near Eastern Prophecy (Ilona Zsolnay, page 81)
    • The Role of the Female Seer/Prophet in Ancient Greece (Anselm C. Hegedorn, page 101)
    • Female Prophets among Montanists (Antii Marjanen, page 127)
  • Part 2: Prophecy in Biblical Texts
    • Speaking in Dreams: The Figure of Miriam and Prophecy (Hanna Tervanotko, page 147)
    • Childless Female Diviners in the Bible and Beyond (Esther J. Hamori, page 169)
    • "Misogyny" in Service of Theocentricity: Legitimate or Not? (Dale Launderville, page 193)
    • Spermatic Spluttering Pens: Concerning the Construction and Breakdown of Prophetic Masculinity (Roland Boer, page 215)
    • Sex and the Single Prophet: Marital Status and Gender in Jeremiah and Ezekiel (Corrine L. Carvalho, page 237)
  • Bibliography (page 269)
  • Contributions (page 315)
  • Index of Primary Texts (page 319)
  • Index of Modern Authors (page 336)
  • Concordance of Text Authors (page 344)
553 views since July 13, 2018
ACLS Humanities E-Book logo

ACLS Humanities E-Book

  • About HEB
  • Contact HEB
  • For Librarians
  • Subscriptions

Powered by Fulcrum logo

  • About
  • Blog
  • Feedback
  • Contact
  • Contribute
  • Accessibility
  • Preservation
  • Privacy
  • Terms of Service
  • Log In
© ACLS Humanities E-Book 2020
x This site requires cookies to function correctly.