“Women Prophets in the Hebrew Bible”
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Claude Mariottini
Emeritus Professor of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary
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Those Amazing Women of Ancient Israel
CONTENTS
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1 Those Amazing Women of Ancient Israel
Part 1
Israel’s Social Concern for Women
Chapter 2 Israel’s Concern for Women
Chapter 3 The Status of Women in Israelite Society
Chapter 4 The Deuteronomic Concern for Women
Chapter 5 The Tenth Commandment (Deuteronomy 5:21)
Chapter 6 The Law of the Hebrew Slave
Part 2
Women Prophets
Chapter 7 Women Prophets in the Old Testament
Chapter 8 Miriam the Prophetess
Chapter 9 Deborah the Prophetess
Chapter 10 Isaiah’s Wife
Chapter 11 Huldah, A Prophet in Israel
Chapter 12 Noadiah the Prophetess
Chapter 13 The Nameless Prophetesses in the Book of Ezekiel
Chapter 14 The Seven Prophetesses of the Old Testament
Chapter 15 Women Who Proclaim the Good News
Chapter 16 The Daughters of Heman
Chapter 17 “Your Daughters Shall Prophesy”
Part 3
The Mothers of Israel
Chapter 18 Sarah: A Mother in Her Old Age
Chapter 19 Hagar: The Surrogate Mother
Chapter 20 Rachel: The Struggles of a Barren Woman
Chapter 21 Moses’s Two Mothers
Chapter 22 Sisera’s Mother: The Humanization of the Enemy
Chapter 23 Samson’s Mother: A Mother’s Disappointment
Chapter 24 Hannah: “The Barren Has Borne Seven”
Chapter 25 Rizpah: Reflections on a Mother’s Love
Chapter 26 Bathsheba: A Mother with Determination
Chapter 27 Solomon and the Two Mothers
Chapter 28 Jeroboam’s Wife: A Mother’s Agony
Chapter 29 Jesus’s Great-Grandmothers
Chapter 30 The Other Great-Grandmothers of Jesus
Chapter 31 Jezebel: A Great-Grandmother of Jesus
Chapter 32 The Genealogy of Jesus According to His Great-Grandmothers
Part 4
Abused Women
Chapter 33 Dinah, the Daughter of Jacob
Chapter 34 Tamar, the Wife of Er
Chapter 35 The Levite’s Concubine
Chapter 36 Bathsheba, the Wife of Uriah
Chapter 37 Tamar, the Daughter of David
Part 5
Women of Distinction
Chapter 38 Rahab: A Prostitute or an Innkeeper?
Chapter 39 Deborah, A Judge in Israel
Chapter 40 Jael: A Heroine in Israel
Chapter 41 Ruth, the Moabite
Chapter 42 Ahinoam, the Mother of Amnon
Chapter 43 Abishag, the Shunammite
Chapter 44 The Greatness That Was Jezebel
Chapter 45 Esther, the Queen of Persia
Bibliography
Index of Scriptures
Index of Authors
Index of Subjects
Index of Hebrew Words
I hope you will enjoy reading the book and develop a new appreciation for these amazing women of Ancient Israel.
Claude Mariottini
Emeritus Professor of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary
Claude Mariottini
Emeritus Professor of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary
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Love learning about the women in the Bible … God is good.
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Linda,
Indeed, God is good. The Bible is full of amazing women. I have written several posts about these amazing women. You should read a few of them.
Thank you for visiting my blog.
Claude Mariottini
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Nice post, Dr. Mariottini.
You wrote in the 3rd graph, “Ancient Israel was a patriarchal society.”
Yes, it became patriarchal, but I don’t think it was during the earliest periods before the monarchies. Danna Nolan Fewell explains how the earliest Israelites had a largely egalitarian culture in her book, “Gender, Power, and Promise” (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1993). Carol Meyers tells more in her book, “Discovering Eve” (NY: Oxford U Press, 1988). You might find their work interesting. I think their info would greatly flesh out and add to your blog. I have a summary in my book, “Hidden Voices: Biblical Women and Our Christian Heritage” (Smyth & Helwys, 1998).
I look forward to reading more about what you find concerning Huldah.
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Heidi,
I have consulted both books in the past. The egalitarian view of early Israel was mostly based on the views developed by my former professor Norman Gottwald in his book “The Tribes of Yahweh.” I remember discussing the early chapters of the book in a course I took with Gottwald at GTU. Most of Gottwald’s views about early Israel were based on Marxist sociology. This is the reason his book, although an important book, reflects the culture of Berkeley during the days that followed “People’s Park.”
You should read Gerda Lerner’s book on the development of patriarchy.
Claude Mariottini
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This is a masterpiece on the prophetic role of women in the scriptures. thanks Prof. Claude Mariottini for work well done.
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You are welcome. I am glad you enjoyed my posts on this important topic.
Claude Mariottini
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This is a masterpiece on the prophetic role of women in the Scriptures. Thanks Prof. Claude Mariottini for work welldone.
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Thank you very much for your comment. God has used women in the past and he still uses them today to carry out his work in the world.
Claude Mariottini
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