Women's divination in biblical literature: prophecy, necromancy, and other arts of knowledge
New Haven
Yale University Press
Anchor Yale Bible reference library
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Esther J. Hamori
Part I. Women's Divination and the Arts of Knowledge: -- 1. Access to divine knowledge -- 2. Setting the stage -- Part II. 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 -- 01. The prophet who conceived and gave birth to a son -- 11. "The daughters of your people who prophesy" -- 21. The women of Joel's radical vision -- 31. Noadiah -- 41. Rachel, the mother of Michah, and the teraphim -- 51. What a witch : divination imagery and metaphor -- Concluding reflections