Dreams and Dream Reports in the Writings of Josephus

A Traditio-Historical Analysis
Erscheinungsjahr 1996
ISBN: 978-90-04-10616-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 36, 322 Seiten, Format (B × H): 243 mm x 165 mm, Gewicht: 726 g

Reihe: Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums

This volume analyzes the understanding of dreams and the corresponding literary forms used by Josephus in his writings. Josephus reports dreams as either auditory message dreams, symbolic visual dreams, or dream image appearances. In this regard he uses the format for auditory and visual dreams found in ancient Near Eastern and biblical texts, while his dream image appearance reports show familiarity with traditional Greek modes of reporting dreams.
Close attention is given to the following topics: 1) the development of dream reports in the ancient Near East, the Bible, and the Hellenistic world; 2) Josephus' views on dreams and prophecy; 3) a form-critical assessment of Josephus' dream reports; and 4) an evaluation of Josephan dream reports which exhibit a more complex traditio-historical development.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gnuse

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Sonstige Religionen: Spiritualität, Mystik
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie

Über Autor(innen)

Robert Gnuse, Ph.D. (1981) in Old Testament, Vanderbilt University, is Professor of Hebrew Bible at Loyola University in New Orleans. He has published books and articles on biblical theology and Josephus, including The Authority of the Bible, (Paulist, 1985) and Heilsgeschichte as a Model for Biblical Theology (UPA, 1989).