Heavenly Voice, Earthly Echo: Unraveling the Function of the Bat Kol in Rabbinic Writings

Heavenly Voice, Earthly Echo: Unraveling the Function of the Bat Kol in Rabbinic Writings

There is an ancient rabbinic apothegm which asserts that prophecy “ceased” after the last Biblical prophets, Haggai, Zachariah, and Malachi. After their deaths, a new phase of divine revelation was believed to have emerged through manifestations of a bat kol (lit. “Daughter of a voice”). This thesis...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Grullon, John D
Format: Others
Published: FIU Digital Commons 2016
Subjects:
Prophecy
voice from heaven
Haggadah
Rabbinic writings
Rabbinic authority
martyrdom
World to Come
destruction of the Temple
Haggai Zechariah and Malachi.
Biblical Studies
Jewish Studies
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