MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2007040661
003 DLC
005 20080818084127.0
008 071001s2008 mnu b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9780800662585 (alk. paper)
020 $a080066258X (alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn156832289
035 $a(OCoLC)156832289
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050 00 $aBS575$b.G34 2008
082 00 $a221.1/5082$222
100 1 $aGafney, Wilda,$d1966-
245 10 $aDaughters of Miriam :$bwomen prophets in ancient Israel /$cWilda Gafney.
260 $aMinneapolis, MN :$bFortress Press,$cc2008.
300 $ax, 222 p. ;$c22 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 169-206) and indexes.
505 0 $aOverview of Biblical prophets and related roles -- Definitions of prophet -- Technical vocabulary -- Religious intermediaries -- Summary -- Female prophecy around biblical Israel -- Scope and limitations of data -- Oracles of female prophets in Mari -- Female prophets in Mari -- Assyrian (Ninevite) oracles concerning Esarhaddon -- Assyrian (Ninevite) oracles concerning Ashurbanipal -- Female prophets in Nineveh -- Female prophets in Emar -- General observations on ANE and Israelite female prophets -- Summary -- Female prophets in the Hebrew scriptures -- Miriam (Miryam) -- Deborah (D'vorah) -- Huldah (Chuldah) -- HaNeviy'ah (the anonymous woman-prophet) -- Daughters who prophesy in Ezekiel (Yechezaʻel) -- Daughters who will prophesy in Joel (Yoʻel) -- No'adiah -- Daughters of Heman -- Summary -- Female prophetic guilds in context -- Musical/funerary guilds -- Scribal guilds -- Summary -- Rabbinic and Christian trajectories -- Navi'/Nevi'ah in rabbinic texts -- Navi'/Nevi'ah in the Mishnah -- Navi'/Nevi'ah in the Midrash -- Navi'/Nevi'ah in the Talmuds -- Prophetis in early Christian texts -- Summary -- Prophetic constructions -- General observations from Ancient Near Eastern and Ancient Israelite prophetic literature -- Prophetic constructions -- Summary.
650 0 $aWomen in the Bible.
650 0 $aWomen prophets.
650 0 $aWomen in rabbinical literature.
650 0 $aWomen in Christianity.