Dice, Stars and Names: Women and Technical Divination in the Dead Sea Scrolls

Autor:	Hanna Tervanotko
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	Stars Divination History Biblical studies Jewish studies Religious studies Dice Dead Sea Scrolls Ancient history
Zdroj:	Journal of Ancient Judaism. 12:48-70
ISSN:	2196-7954 1869-3296
DOI:	10.30965/21967954-bja10002
Popis:	Recent studies demonstrate the Dead Sea Scrolls attest to a wide variety of methods of technical divination. While scholars have analyzed these techniques, women’s involvement in them has not been addressed. I argue that by choosing a methodological perspective that allows women’s presence in the texts, the Dead Sea Scrolls provide an important witness to women’s involvement in various divinatory techniques. By focusing on three avenues to inquire about the divine will: the oracle of the lot, astronomy, and physiognomy, I suggest that apart from being objects of these methods, women were involved in their practice. Women’s participation in technical divinatory techniques is the most noticeable in inquiries that concern their own bodies and matters related to procreation.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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