Where dreams may come : incubation sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman world / by Gil H. Renberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Renberg, Gil H., author.

Series:

Religions in the Graeco-Roman world ; v. 184.

Religions in the Graeco-Roman world ; volume 184

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Incubation (Religion)--Egypt.

Incubation (Religion).

Incubation (Religion)--Greece.

Incubation (Religion)--Middle East.

Middle East.

Greece.

Egypt.

Physical Description:

2 volumes (lxix, 1046 pages) ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]

Summary:

In this book, Gil H. Renberg examines the ancient religious phenomenon of "incubation", the ritual of sleeping at a divinity's sanctuary in order to obtain a prophetic or therapeutic dream. Most prominently associated with the Panhellenic healing god Asklepios, incubation was also practiced at the cult sites of numerous other divinities throughout the Greek world, but it is first known from ancient Near Eastern sources and was established in Pharaonic Egypt by the time of the Macedonian conquest; later, Christian worship came to include similar practices. Renberg's exhaustive study represents the first attempt to collect and analyze the evidence for incubation from Sumerian to Byzantine and Merovingian times, thus making an important contribution to religious history.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Renberg, Gil H., author. Where dreams may come

ISBN:

9789004299764

9004299769

9789004346215

900434621X

9789004346222

9004346228

OCLC:

953708952

Publisher Number:

9789004299764