The early Muslim tradition of dream interpretation / John C. Lamoreaux.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lamoreaux, John C.

Series:

SUNY series in Islam

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dreams--Religious aspects--Islam.

Dreams.

Physical Description:

vii, 247 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2002]

Contents:

Dream Interpretation and Divination 2

Context, History, and Disciplinary Boundaries 5

Scribes and Selective Mediation 10

1. From Anecdote to Formalism 15

Khallal and the History of Dream Interpretation 17

The Legacy of Ibn Sirin 19

Kirmani and the Beginnings of a Written Tradition of Dream Interpretation 25

The Dream Manual of Ibn Qutaybah 27

The Dream Manual of Sijistani 34

2. The Fracturing of the Tradition 45

Hunayn b. Ishaq and the Arabic Version of Artemidorus 47

Qayrawani: A Shari[superscript c]ah-Minded Interpreter of Dreams 51

The Dream Manual of the Litterateur Dinawari 59

Kharkushi: Sufism, Dream Interpretation, and Tradition 64

Ibn Sina: Philosophy, Dream Interpretation, and the Legacy of Hellenism 69

3. Homogeneity and Imitation 79

The Contours of the Early Muslim Oneirocritic Tradition 80

The Contents of the Early Muslim Oneirocrtic Tradition 90

4. Dream Interpretation and Orthodoxy 107

Finding a Koranic Foundation for Dream Interpretation 108

Dream Interpretation and the Prophetic Traditions 116

Dream Manuals and Their Readers: The Case of Andalusia 122

The Diary of a Hanbali Interpreter of Dreams 129

5. Dream Interpretation, Hellenism, and Non-Muslims 135

Dream Interpretation and the Christians of Late Antiquity 136

The Dream Manual of Ps. Achmet 140

Bar Bahlul's Book of Signs 154

Dream Interpretation as an Islamicate Discourse 170

Dream Interpretation as an Ecumenic Discourse 171

Appendix Early Muslim Dream Manuals 175.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-236) and index.

ISBN:

0791453731

079145374X

OCLC:

47443990