Why is Miriam Also Among the Prophets? (And is Zipporah Among the Priests?)‪.‬

I. The Bible's Women Prophets Without doubt, the feminist revolution that has swept through the academic world at large has had an enormous impact on Hebrew Bible studies, with questions regarding the roles and status of women in ancient Israel having assumed a dominant place within the biblical field during the past twenty-five years. (1) Yet equally without doubt is the fact that, for biblical scholars who have sought to uncover indications of positive roles and an elevated status for women within ancient Israelite society, the results of the past twenty-five years of research have been somewhat mixed. (2)