Women's divination in biblical literature: prophecy, necromancy, and other arts of knowledge
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New Haven
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Yale University Press
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Anchor Yale Bible reference library
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Esther J. Hamori
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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