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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Husser, Jean-Marie, author.

Series:

Biblical seminar ; 63.

The biblical seminar ; 63

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dreams in the Bible.

Dreams--Middle East.

Dreams.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (198 p.)

Place of Publication:

Sheffield : Sheffield Academic Press Ltd, 1999.

Language Note:

English

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 t

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface to the English Edition; Abbreviations; Part I: THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; 1. The Nature of the Sources; 2. Practices Related to Dreams; 3. Literary Forms and Dream Experiences; 4. Selected Bibliography; Chapter 2 MESOPOTAMIA; 1. Dreams and Divination; 2. Deductive Oneiromancy; 3. Intuitive Oneiromancy; 4. Message-Dreams; 5. Prophetic Dreams; 6. Incubation; 7. Selected Bibliography; Chapter 3 THE HATTI; 1. Dreams and Divinatory Practices; 2. Dreams in Personal Piety; 3. Message-Dreams; 4. Selected Bibliography; Chapter 4 EGYPT

1. Dreams and the Awakening of Consciousness2. Royal Dreams; 3. Dream Interpretation; 4. Incubation; 5. Selected Bibliography; Chapter 5 SYRO-PHOENICIA; 1.Ugarit; 2. Homeric Literature; 3. Aramaean Kingdoms; 4. Selected Bibliography; Part II: OLD TESTAMENT; Chapter 6 GENERALIA; 1. The Different Meanings of him; 2. Historico-Critical Research; 3. The Psychoanalytical Approach; 4. Different Types of Dreams; 5. The Literary Function of Dream Accounts; 6. Selected Bibliography; Chapter 7 SYMBOLIC DREAMS; 1. The Egyptians'' Dreams: Genesis 40-41; 2. Joseph''s Dreams: Genesis 37

3. The Dream of the Midianite Soldier: Judges 7.13-154. Nebuchadnezzar''s Dreams: Daniel 2 and 4; Chapter 8 MESSAGE-DREAMS; 1. Dream and Theophany; 2. Solomon''s Dream: 1 Kings 3; 3. Jacob''s Dream at Bethel: Genesis 28; 4. Abimelech''s Dream: Genesis 20.3-7; 5. Jacob'' s Dream on Leaving Laban: Genesis 31.10-13; Chapter 9 DREAMS AND THE PROPHETIC VISION; 1. Dreams in Polemic; 2. Dreams and Visions: Distinction and Confusion; 3. A Particular Kind of Oneiric Experience; Chapter 10 DREAMS AND WISDOM; 1. An Unbiased Attitude; 2. Nightmares and the Sages; 3. Dreams as a Source of Wisdom

Chapter 11 PRACTICES ASSOCIATED WITH DREAMS1. Oneiromancy; 2. Incubation; 3. The Prophets and Directed Dreams; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W

Notes:

Originally published as 'Songe,' in the Supplément au dictionnaire de la Bible, XII.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [179]-187) and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780567011640

056701164X

OCLC:

893331018