Book Review: Prophecy and Gender: Jonathan Stökl & Corrine L. Carvalho, Prophets Male and Female: Gender and Prophecy in the Hebrew Bible, and Eastern Mediterranean, and the Ancient Near East
Among ancient Near Eastern societies was a widespread and particularly intriguing belief that animals were able to worship and praise deities. This study shows the Hebrew Bible evidences the idea that animals were capable of praising God too and proceeds to observe and document the presence of numerous examples of this in specific biblical texts. Through understanding the place of animals in the Hebrew Bible, and their perceived activity in the ancient Near East, this study suggests animals are distinct agents of praise in their own right in the biblical texts.
Book Review of Associated Regional Chronologies for the Ancient Near East and the Eastern Mediterranean: Cyprus, edited by Edgar Peltenburg