Reading dreams : an audience-critical approach to the dreams in the Gospel of Matthew / Derek S. Dodson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dodson, Derek S.

Series:

Library of New Testament studies ; 397.

Library of New Testament studies ; 397

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Matthew--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Dreams in the Bible.

Dreams--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Dreams.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : T & T Clark, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Dodson reads the dreams in the Gospel of Matthew (1:18b-25; 2:12, 13-15, 19-21, 22; 27:19) as the authorial audience. This approach requires an understanding of the social and literary character of dreams in the Greco-Roman world. Dodson describes the social function of dreams, noting that dreams constituted one form of divination in the ancient world, and looks at the theories and classification of dreams that developed in the ancient world. He then moves on to demonstrate the literary dimensions of dreams in Greco-Roman literature. This exploration of the literary representation of drea

Contents:

CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; Chapter One: INTRODUCTION; Chapter Two: THE ANCIENT, SOCIAL CONTEXT OF DREAMS; Chapter Three: THE ANCIENT, LITERARY CONTEXT OF DREAMS, PART I: THE SCRIPT OF DREAMS; Chapter Four: THE ANCIENT, LITERARY CONTEXT OF DREAMS, PART II: THE LITERARY FUNCTIONS OF DREAMS; Chapter Five: DREAMS IN THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW; Chapter Six: CONCLUSION; Appendix: THE MATTHEAN TRANSFIGURATION AS A DREAM-VISION REPORT; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF REFERENCES; INDEX OF MODERN AUTHORS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612868023

9781282868021

1282868020

9780567153203

0567153207

OCLC:

676697637