RELIGST 2B03 Lecture 13: Women in the Biblical Tradition: Women and Prophecy Notes
22 Jun 2018
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WOMEN PROPHETS
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what is Prophecy ?
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Cognitive experience lVision )
,Auditory experience or audiovisual experience Idream )becomes The subject ot
the revelation of a deity ,
or several deihie and is conscious of being Commissioned by the deities
Female Prophets in Ancient Eastern Mediterranean Area
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Archives of ancient near east refer to pro Heisional and non
-pnlessional female prophets and ecstatic
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Greek HKH
,Pyphid of Delphi
Miriam
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7passages refer to Miriam (EXODUS 15:20 -21 jNumbers 12 ! I -IT
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Numb 111 20 :l;Numbers 26 : 29 ;Deuteronomy 24 : 8- 9j
IChronicle I5! 29 ;Michon 6" 4)
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Mariam was re Had to as aprophet in Exodus 15:20 '21
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context of victory songs . she appears as aleader to women who follow her
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Music +prophecy ?
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Music tProphetic Frenzy ?
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Explanation of "Prophete Is
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Include Numbers 12 :I-15,15 -8,15 );Micah 6: 4
•Miriam 's death 15 remembered In Numbers 20
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111 His of moles and Aawn in Numbers 26 :f9;
1chronicles 5:29
Deborah
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Deborah ,aprophetess .
.. and Israel 1kt came up to her for judgement
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jnges 4: 4- s
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what qualities Deborah as aprophet in Judah 49
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Deborah 's Oracle in judge 14 :b -9114
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Paul says that women should practice celibacy ,
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head covering ,and not speaking in congegration
:laah
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Discovery of the book of law which needs interpretation
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Inquire of the Lord for me ...
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-2 lungs 22:13
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Inquire
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requirement of pwkisional prophecy
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lang chooses to consult Huldah instead of other prophets of that time
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Huldah Authenticates the scrolls and delimit oracle
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they took the message back to the king
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Noadiah
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Nehemiah 6:14
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Noadlah it the first of the IIH
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the Greek version renders her male
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Nehemiah 's Rebuilding of the wall
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Falk Prophet ?leader of them ?
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Opponents hire false prophets 1Noadlah )to make him afraid
Document Summary
The subject ot the revelation of a deity or several deihie and is conscious of being. Archives of ancient near east refer to pro. Heisional and non pnlessional female prophets and ecstatic. " 21 context of victory songs she appears as a leader to women who follow her. 1kt came up to her for what qualities. Paul says that women should practice celibacy , head covering , and not speaking in congegration. Inquire the book of law which needs interpretation the. Huldah instead of other prophets of that time. Authenticates the scrolls and delimit oracle they took the message back to the king.
