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Mike Winger idea 2022-05-30

Survey of women who prophesied in the Bible: Miriam, Huldah, Deborah, Isaiah's wife, Anna, Philip's four daughters

Mike establishes that women clearly prophesied throughout the Bible, both in the OT and NT.

Isaiah's wife Luke 2 Acts 21:9 Deborah women prophesying Miriam
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

Overview of today's topics: women in OT leadership positions — Deborah as judge, female prophets, and the priesthood restriction.

Road map for video 3

judges Deborah priesthood Miriam
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

Introduction to Miriam: sister of Moses, a prophetess with an important role — not just a 'hood ornament.'

Beginning the examination of Miriam

Exodus Moses Miriam prophetess
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

Linda Belleville's view on Miriam from the Two Views on Women in Ministry book.

Presenting the egalitarian case for Miriam

Linda Belleville Tom Schreiner Two Views on Women in Ministry
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

Belleville's two claims about Miriam: she was 'sent to lead' Israel (Micah 6:4) and was so valued Israel wouldn't travel without her 'at the helm' (Numbers 12:1-16).

Presenting the egalitarian case for Miriam's leadership

Micah 6:4 Numbers 12:1-16 Linda Belleville Two Views on Women in Ministry Miriam
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

Analysis of Micah 6:4: the Hebrew word for 'lead' has God as the subject, not Miriam — Belleville stretches the text.

Rebutting Belleville's first claim about Miriam

Micah 6:4 Linda Belleville Miriam Septuagint
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

Philip Payne also claims Miriam was 'sent by God to lead Israel' — Mike calls this reckless handling of the text.

Additional egalitarian scholar making the same claim

Micah 6:4 Philip Payne Miriam textual stretching
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

You can't say Miriam was 'at the helm'; egalitarian works survey unfamiliar OT material and magnify it beyond recognition.

Summary critique of egalitarian OT methodology

Linda Belleville Miriam egalitarian methodology
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

Analysis of Belleville's second claim: reading Numbers 12:1-16 to test whether Israel refused to travel without Miriam.

Examining Numbers 12 in detail

Numbers 12:1-16 Linda Belleville Moses Miriam
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

The Numbers 12 passage is actually about God rebuking Miriam for usurping Moses's authority, not about her valued leadership.

Exegesis of Numbers 12

Numbers 12 Moses Miriam Numbers 12
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

Conclusions from Numbers 12: Moses is a different kind of leader; Miriam is rebuked for trying to usurp his authority.

Drawing conclusions from Numbers 12

Numbers 12 Moses Miriam Numbers 12
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

Marg Mowczko echoes Belleville: 'the Israelites refused to move on until she was restored to health' — but there is no refusal in the text.

Another egalitarian scholar making the same unsupported claim

Numbers 12:15-16 Miriam textual stretching Marg Mowczko
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

Israel traveled by divine command (cloud and fire), never by democracy — refuting the claim that the people 'refused' to travel without Miriam.

Decisive rebuttal using Numbers 9:15-23

Numbers 12:15-16 Numbers 9:15-23 Linda Belleville Marg Mowczko Numbers 12:15-16
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

Miriam was a prophetess; some incorrectly deny female prophets existed in the Bible.

Affirming the reality of female prophets

Numbers 12 Miriam prophetess Numbers 12
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

Exodus 15:20-21: Miriam leads women with tambourines in singing after the Red Sea crossing — she functions as a prophetess in divinely inspired worship.

Examining Miriam's leadership in Exodus 15

Exodus 15:20-21 Miriam prophetess Exodus 15:20-21
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

Exodus 15 shows Moses leading the people in a song, then Miriam leading the women — her leadership is specifically of women.

Contextualizing Miriam's role in Exodus 15

Exodus 15 Moses Miriam Exodus 15
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

Complementarians Piper and Grudem claim Miriam 'focused her ministry on the women of Israel' — Mike says this conclusion goes too far from limited data.

Critiquing the complementarian handling of Miriam

John Piper Exodus 15:20-21 John Piper Miriam Wayne Grudem
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

Marg Mowczko notes the 'them' in Exodus 15:21 is masculine — Miriam is singing to men, not just women.

Egalitarian pushback on the scope of Miriam's audience

Exodus 15:21 Miriam Marg Mowczko Exodus 15:21
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

Numbers 12 implies Miriam prophesied to the people in general, not just women — 'hasn't the Lord spoken to us also?'

Soft evidence that Miriam prophesied to men and women

Numbers 12 Miriam prophetess Numbers 12
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

Mike rejects limiting female prophets to speaking to women only, and rejects limiting Miriam to prophetic singing only.

Final positions on scope of female prophecy

Miriam prophetess prophetic singing
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

Conclusions on Miriam: some degree of leadership, not like Moses, rebuked for pushing for more, not a priest, leadership sometimes focused on women and connected to prophecy.

Summary conclusions on Miriam

Moses priesthood Miriam
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

God doesn't rule out women being prophets; female prophets existed when good men were available (Miriam, Huldah), refuting the 'no good men' argument.

Key conclusion on female prophets

Miriam Huldah prophetess
Mike Winger idea 2022-12-04

Additional scriptural examples of women prophesying publicly: Philip's daughters, Anna, Huldah, Deborah, Miriam

Mike cites multiple OT and NT examples of women prophesying publicly before mixed audiences.

Acts 21:9 Luke 2:36-38 Deborah Miriam Huldah
Mike Winger idea 2024-03-01

Women prophesying congregationally in the Bible — some speech to mixed groups is permitted

Mike uses biblical prophecy as evidence women can speak in congregational settings.

1 Corinthians 11 Luke 2 Acts 21 Deborah 1 Corinthians 11 women prophesying
Mike Winger idea 2024-03-01

Women having influence is not a problem — influence is not the same as eldership

Mike distinguishes between influence and elder authority.

Romans 12 Deborah Junia Priscilla