Dreams and divination from Byzantium to Baghdad, 400-1000 CE / Bronwen Neil.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Neil, Bronwen, author.

Series:

Oxford studies in the Abrahamic religions.

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford studies in the Abrahamic religions

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dreams--Religious aspects--History--To 1500.

Dreams.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford University Press 2021

Summary:

Why did dreams matter to Jews, Byzantine Christians, and Muslims in the first millennium? Bronwen Neil shows how the three faiths took the pagan practice of divining the future from dreams and melded it with their own scriptural traditions to produce a novel and rich culture of dream interpretation.

Contents:

Series page Series page Abbreviations Note on Transliteration Note on Dating 1. Why Dreams Mattered in Late Antiquity 2. Scriptural Models of Dream Interpretation 3. Dreambooks: A Rival Tradition of Authority 4. Channelling the Divine: From Paganism to Monotheism 5. The Trouble with Dreams: Sayings of Monks, Rabbis, and the Prophet 6. Dreams and the Material World: New Developments 7. In the Footsteps of the Prophets: Dreams of War Epilogue: Why Dreams Still Matter Scripture Index General Index

Notes:

This edition also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-264453-X

0-19-191417-7

OCLC:

1197720488