“The Seven Prophetesses of the Old Testament”
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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
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Northern Baptist Seminary
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Thanks for this article on female prophets in the bible.
There appears to be a rigorous and concerted to exclude the daughters of The Most High’s written and spoken word from the bible, thus diminishing entirely the feminine help meet of The Most High Power. My strong suspicion is that this is the beguiling work of the devil. For, by leaving women out of The Most High’s work, it then sets up an inherent spiritual imbalance that allows a man if led by a lying, beguiling spirit to take the place of God himself. In this way ANY man is permitted to lead his (headless) unquestioning woman into a ditch. I have NO doubt that the term “airhead” is an old epithet for a woman whose head/brain is another man or woman.
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Lynyesha,
Let us not blame the devil for everything that happens in the world. The purpose of the biblical writers was not to discuss what men and women were saying or doing. Their purpose of to relate what God was doing in Israel and in the world.
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Claude Mariottini
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Thanks man of for this teachings
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Ekumu,
I am glad you enjoyed the post.
Claude Mariottini
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Yes, I am believed to be a clairvoyant. But the bible preaches that’s witchery. I have had a gift since a young child. And had a crazy life, where I should have died. I am not perfect but I love like no other. And try to live a godly life. Long, long stories. I have seen past future and have a connection with animals and can sometimes know what people are thinking. I have proof. People around me. No I don’t hear voices tho. I am concerned I am saved and baptized. What is the possibility that this is through the Lord.
Sincerely Crystal Tinkle
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Crystal,
God give many gifts to people, gifts that sometimes other people may not understand. I cannot judge your gifts from afar. If you know that these gifts are from the Lord, then use them for the glory of the Lord.
Claude Mariottini
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Thanks dearly for this research work, God Bless You.
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Victor,
Thank you for visiting my blog.
Claude Mariottini
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I just imagine the Holy Spirit sitting down with these prophetesses and inspiring them to write such thing as Genesis 3:16
They must be proud women.
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Dear Friend,
I think you have isinterpreted Genesis 3:16. None of those women prophets wrote Genesis 3:16.
Claude Mariottini
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God will bless your knowledge and you’ll keep growing in divine wisdom.
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Alude,
Thank you for your nice words. I hope you will visit my blof again.
Claude Mariottini
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I plan to do a Bible Study this Wednesday about prophetesses in the Bible and ur site was very helpful. Thanks so much!
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I am glad the series of studies will help you in your presentation. I would suggest that you subscribe to receive my posts by email and you will always receive articles that can help you gain a better understanding of the Old Testament.
Claude F. Mariottini
Professor of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary
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Nice article
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Sir, thank you very much. May the lord continue to use you as a blessing In this life. Many years in good health and more grace.
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Louisa,
Thank you very much for your nice words. Also, thank you for visiting my blog.
Claude F. Mariottini
Emeritus Professor of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary
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Professor Mariottini: Kindly refrain from calling the Hebrew Bible “Old Testament”. It is insulting and its implication that it is superseded is wrong. Christianity’s favorite prophet Isaiah is part of the Hebrew Bible.
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Rebecca,
Thank you for your comment. The Jewish people called their Bible Tanak or the Hebrew Bible. Christians divide their Bible into two sections: Old Testament and New Testament.
I write as a Christian because of my faith tradition. Some scholars use First Testament and Second Testament to designate the Bible, but this terminology is an academic construct. I could use the term Hebrew Bible to designate what Christians call the “Old Testament.” But that creates a problem: what do I call the “New Testament?” The moment I use New Testament, that use in itself presupposes an Old Testament.
I do not believe in supersessionism or that the New Covenant through Jesus Christ supersedes the Old Covenant, which was made with the Jewish people. As a person who loves the Hebrew Scriptures, I have a great love for the Jewish people and I believe that God is still at work in the lives of the Jewish people. I mean no offense when I use “Old Testament.” As a Christian, I follow the terminology used in the church.
Claude Mariottini
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What is the basis for the statement that “God does not discriminate on the basis of gender”? Did not God create Woman for Man, and not the other way around? Is not there a hierarchy in Genesis 2 that, albeit perhaps uncomfortable with our modern sensibilities, is nevertheless the Holy Word of God?
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Bret,
God does not discriminate on the basis of gender. God does not discriminate. The view that there is is a hierarchy in Genesis 2 is a misinterpretation of Scriptures. I am considering writing a series of studies on Genesis 1-3 and address this issue in more detail.
Thank you for visiting my blog.
Claude Mariottini
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Great work my big brother.
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Dear Hope,
I am glad that you like my post on the Seven Prophetesses. If you look at the Archive section of my blog, you will find a series of studies on the women prophets in the Old Testament.
Claude Mariottini
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Thank you ever so much for providing the info. Not much credit is given by man for these women. It helps tremendously in my research. My hats off to you.
Gretchen
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Gretchen,
Thank you for your nice words and for visiting my blog. I am happy to know that you enjoyed my posts on the prophetesses of the Old Testament.
I have several posts dealing with Old Testament women. People tend to forget that these women played an important role in Israel.
Claude Mariottini
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Thank you for doing one more!!! GOD brought me to this for a purpose!
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THANK YOU for your obedience to do one more…And maybe you’ll do another too because there is really no reason to limit yourself!
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Wow! Thankyou.
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Do you know any prophets?
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Dear Friend,
There are no prophet today like the prophets of the Old Testament.
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Claude Mariottini
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