Dreamers, Scribes, and Priests: Jewish Dreams in the Hellenistic and Roman Eras

Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-90-04-12367-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 90, 330 Seiten, Format (B × H): 166 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 726 g

Reihe: Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism

This investigation focuses on divinely-sent dreams in early Judaism and discusses their literary forms and socio-religious functions. It examines Jewish dreams in the Bible, Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha, Dead Sea Scrolls, and Josephus, setting them in the wider context of antecedent and contemporary dream cultures.
Part One grounds the project in the dream traditions of the ancient Near East, Hebrew Bible, Greece, and Rome.
Part Two investigates the unique emphases of early Jewish dreams, including: a priestly and scribal milieu, access to various planes of reality, new roles for dream messengers, and incubation rituals.
Part Three explores implications for several related topics of study, including the rise of apocalypticism and early Jewish mysticism, and the social history of early Judaism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Flannery-Dailey, Frances

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Heilige & Traditionstexte: Torah, Talmud, Mischna, Halacha
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien: Kult, Riten, Zeremonien
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction

PART ONE
Chapter One. Dreams in the Ancient Near East and Israel
Chapter Two. Dreams in Greece and Rome

PART TWO
Chapter Three. Dreams in Hellenistic Judaism: Form, Vocabulary, and Functions
Chapter Four. Dreams in Hellenistic Judaism: Creative Transformations and Elaborations

PART THREE
Chapter Five. Reflections and Implications

Bibliography
Index of Subjects
Index of Authors
Index of Primary Texts

Über Autor(innen)

Frances Flannery-Dailey, Ph.D. (2000) in Religion, The University of Iowa, is Assistant Professor of Religion at Hendrix College. This is her first monograph.