Dreams and Dream Narratives in the Biblical World.

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'...

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Main Author: Husser, Jean-Marie
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 1999.
Series:Biblical seminar.
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505 0 |a 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. 
505 8 |a 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. 
505 8 |a 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. 
505 8 |a 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. 
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