TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hamori,Esther J.
TI  - Women's divination in biblical literature: prophecy, necromancy, and other arts of knowledge 
T2  - Anchor Yale Bible reference library
SN  - 9780300213362
AV  - BS575 .H286 2015eb
U1  - 220.8/1333 23
PY  - 2015///]
CY  - New Haven and London
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - Bible
KW  - Old Testament
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - fast
KW  - Women in the Bible
KW  - Divination in the Bible
KW  - Femmes dans la Bible
KW  - Divination dans la Bible
KW  - BIBLES
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Biblical Reference
KW  - Handbooks
KW  - Mysticism
KW  - dissertations
KW  - aat
KW  - Academic theses
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Thèses et écrits académiques
KW  - rvmgf
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Cover; Contents; Preface; List of Abbreviations; PART ONE: WOMEN'S DIVINATION AND THE ARTS OF KNOWLEDGE; 1. Access to Divine Knowledge; 2. Setting the Stage; PART TWO: BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVES ON WOMEN'S DIVINATION; 3. Rebekah the Aramean; 4. Miriam; 5. Deborah; 6. Hannah; 7. The Necromancer of En-dor; 8. The "Wise Women" of 2 Samuel; 9. Huldah; 10. The Prophet Who Conceived and Gave Birth to a Son; 11. "The Daughters of Your People Who Prophesy, "; 12. The Women of Joel's Radical Vision; 13. Noadiah; 14. Rachel, the Mother of Micah, and the Teraphim; 15. What a Witch: Divination Imagery and MetaphorConcluding Reflections; Bibliography; Index of Subjects; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Index of Ancient Texts; Index of Key Ancient Terms
N2  - Divination, the use of special talents and techniques to gain divine knowledge, was practiced in many different forms in ancient Israel and throughout the ancient world. The Hebrew Bible reveals a variety of traditions of women associated with divination. This sensitive and incisive book by respected scholar Esther J. Hamori examines the wide scope of women's divinatory activities as portrayed in the Hebrew texts, offering readers a new appreciation of the surprising breadth of women's "arts of knowledge" in biblical times. Unlike earlier approaches to the subject that have viewed prophecy separately from other forms of divination, Hamori's study encompasses the full range of divinatory practices and the personages who performed them, from the female prophets and the medium of En-dor to the matriarch who interprets a birth omen and the "wise women" of Tekoa and Abel and more. In doing so, the author brings into clearer focus the complex, rich, and diverse world of ancient Israelite divination
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