Dreams and dream narratives in the Biblical world / Jean-Marie Husser ; translated by Jill M. Munro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Husser, Jean-Marie.

Series:

Biblical seminar ; 63.

The Biblical seminar ; 63

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Old Testament.

Dreams--History.

Dreams.

History.

Dreams in the Bible.

Dreams--Religious aspects.

Middle Eastern literature--History and criticism.

Middle Eastern literature.

Middle Eastern literature--Relation to the Old Testament.

Physical Description:

197 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Sheffield : Sheffield Academic Press, 1999.

Summary:

This study of dream accounts in the Bible and in ancient Near Eastern literature suggests two main lines of interpretation: on the one hand it defines the function of dream accounts from a literary, social, political and religious point of view on the basis of literary genre (practitioners' manuals, royal inscriptions, prophetic texts, etc.). On the other hand, in adopting a rather larger typology than is usual (message dreams, symbolic dreams, but also prophetic, premonitory and judgment dreams), it seeks to clarify both the relationship between the fiction implied by the literary form and the actual dream experience of individuals, as well as the different ritual practices related to this experience (interpretation, conjuration, incubation, etc.).

Notes:

Originally published as "Songe" in the "Supplément au dictionnaire de la Bible", XII, Paris: Letouzey et Ané, 1996.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1850759685

OCLC:

43341367