Free Downloads Women's Divination In Biblical Literature: Prophecy, Necromancy, And Other Arts Of Knowledge (The Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library)
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.
Series: The Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library
Hardcover: 288 pages
Publisher: Yale University Press (April 28, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0300178913
ISBN-13: 978-0300178913
Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 1 x 9.2 inches
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A well written scholarly book which is very thorough. I wish that Prof. Hamori would explain Hebrew words and phrases thoroughly. If you do not know Hebrew well some statements are difficult to follow. That is my only misgiving of an otherwise extremely thorough and well written book.
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