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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910464521103321
• Autore: Husser Jean-Marie
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Sheffield : , : Sheffield Academic Press Ltd, , 1999
• ISBN: 0-567-01164-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (198 p.)
• Collana: The biblical seminar ; ; 63
• Disciplina: 154.6/3/09394
• Soggetti: Dreams in the Bible; Dreams - Middle East; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Originally published as 'Songe,' in the Supplément au dictionnaire de la Bible, XII.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [179]-187) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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