Dreams and Dream Reports in the Writings of Josephus: A Traditio-Historical Analysis

Dreams and Dream Reports in the Writings of Josephus: A Traditio-Historical Analysis
ISBN-10
9004332502
ISBN-13
9789004332508
Category
Religion
Pages
332
Language
English
Published
2018-07-17
Publisher
BRILL
Author
Gnuse

Description

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.

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