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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, England : 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.
- 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
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