Prophetic Rivalry, Gender, and Economics

Name: Prophetic Rivalry, Gender, and Economics | A Study in Revelation and Sibylline Oracles 4-5
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A Study in Revelation and Sibylline Oracles 4-5

Olivia Stewart Lester(Autor*in)

Mohr Siebeck (Verlag)

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Erschienen im August 2018

XIII, 239 Seiten

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Intro
Preface
Table of Contents
Introduction: Prophets and Their Rivals
A. The Texts
I. Prophecy Across Religious and Canonical Boundaries
II. Revelation, Sibylline Oracles 4-5, and Prophecy's Decline
B. The Structure
C. The Foci of This Study: Interpretation, Gender, and Economics
I. Interpretation of Earlier Traditions
1. Interpretation for Prophetic Foundations and Prophetic Polemics
2. Interpretation and "Traditionary Processes"
II. Gender
1. Gender and Prophetic Agency
2. Gender and Violence
III. Economics
1. Prophetic Economies in Revelation and Sibylline Oracles 4-5
2. The Economics of Prophecy and Prophecy's Reception
D. Conclusion
Chapter 1: Rival Prophets in Revelation: John, Balaam, and Jezebel
A. Introduction
B. John's True Prophecy
I. Revelation as Prophecy
II. John as a Prophet
C. Balaam the Rival Prophet
I. Balaam and Interpretation
II. Balaam and Gender
III. Balaam and Economics
D. Jezebel, "Who Calls Herself a Prophetess"
I. Jezebel and Interpretation
II. Jezebel and Gender
1. Jezebel and Gender: A Close Reading of Revelation 2
2. Jezebel and Gender within a Discourse of Divine Violence against Prophets
3. Jezebel, Babylon, and Sexual Violence against Women in Revelation
4. Jezebel and Gender: Conclusions
III. Jezebel and Economics
1. Jezebel and Economics in 1-2 Kings
2. Jezebel and Economics in Revelation
E. Conclusion
Chapter 2: Balaam in Philo and Josephus
A. Introduction
B. Balaam in Philo
I. Balaam in Philo: Interpretation
II. Balaam in Philo: Gender
III. Balaam in Philo: Economics
IV. Balaam in Philo: Conclusion
C. Balaam in Josephus
I. Balaam in Josephus: Interpretation
II. Balaam in Josephus: Gender
III. Balaam in Josephus: Economics
IV. Balaam in Josephus: Conclusion
D. Conclusion
Chapter 3: Revelation's Combat Myth and Apollo's Shrine at Delphi
A. Introduction
I. The Usefulness of "Myth"
II. "Myth" and Revelation
B. The Specter of Apollo in Revelation's Reworked Combat Myth
I. The Reworked Combat Myth as Prophetic Rivalry
II. Gender and John's Combat Myth
C. Lucan's Civil War: Prophecy, Violence, Delphic Ambivalence
D. Prophecy and Economics at Delphi and in Revelation
I. Delphic Economics
II. Revelation's Prophetic Economy
E. Conclusion
Chapter 4: The "Effusive, Overflowing Life" of Sibylline Discourse
A. Introduction
B. Sibylline Oracles as Pseudepigraphy
I. The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha and the Sibylline Oracles
II. The Challenge of "Forgery" and the Sibylline Oracles
1. Problems with the Sibyl as "Author": Scribalism and Prophetic Writing
2. Problems with the Sibyl as "Author": Prophecy and Divine Inspiration
C. Sibylline Discourse: A Way Forward
I. Foucault's "Author Function" and the Sibylline Oracles
II. Sibylline Discourse
III. Sibylline Discourse among Roman "Fakes"
D. The Usefulness of Sibylline Discourse: Political Critique and Prophetic Rivalry
I. Sibylline Oracles as Political Critique
II. Sibylline Oracles as Prophetic Rivalry
E. Conclusion
Chapter 5: Controlling Divine Inspiration: Gender in Sibylline Oracles 4-5
A. Introduction
B. Instrumentality Overshadows Independence: Gender in Sibylline Oracles 4-5
I. Instrumentality, Inspiration, and Divine Violence in Sibylline Oracles 4-5
II. Instrumentality and the Threat of Divine Violence in Sibylline Oracles 4-5
C. Instrumentality and Independence: The Writing of Jewish Sibylline Oracles
I. The Sibyl's Family Tree: Sibylline Discourse and a New Genealogy
II. Gender and Instrumentality in Sibylline Oracles 3, 4, and 5
D. Conclusion
Chapter 6: Imagined Prophetic Economies in Sibylline Oracles 4-5
A. Introduction
B. A Shared Sibylline Economy
I. Judgment as the Downfall of the Wealthy
II. Judgment as Repayment
III. Roman Repayment
IV. The Fourth Sibyl's Economy of Honest Gain
V. The Fifth Sibyl's God as Giver and Distributor of Gifts
VI. The Savior Figure
VII. Conclusion: Prophetic Economies in Sib. Or. 4-5
C. Prophecy and Economics in Sibylline Reception
I. The Prologue of the Sibylline Oracles on Their Value
II. Clement of Alexandria, the Economics of Delphi, and Sib. Or. 4-5
D. Conclusion
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index of References
Index of Names
Subject Index

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