A letter that has not been read : dreams in the Hebrew Bible / Shaul Bar ; translated by Lenn J. Schramm.

Author
Bar, Shaul [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Cincinnati, OH : Hebrew Union College Press ; Detroit, MI : Distributed by Wayne State University Press, c2001.
Description
xii, 257 p. ; 24 cm.

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Summary note
Since Freud, the rational modern approach to human dreams has typically involved inquiry into past and present emotional states. In contrast, the ancients, unfamiliar with the intricate byways of the human soul revealed by modern psychology, typically saw dreams as channels of communication between human beings and external sources. Shaul Bar explores the etymology of key terms in the discussion, presents dozens of examples of biblical dreams and visions, and categorizes them as prophetic, symbolic, or incubations. He compares and contrasts these dreams with corresponding phenomena in the literature of neighboring cultures and analyzes them for their functions in the biblical corpus. -- Book Jacket
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-252) and index.
Action note
Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)
Contents
  • Introduction
  • The prophetic dream
  • Symbolic dreams
  • The interpretation of dreams
  • Perceptions of dreams in the prophetic and wisdom literature
  • Visions
  • The intent of dream stories
  • Conclusions
  • Appendix: The incubation dream
  • Bibliography
  • Index.
ISBN
0878204245 (alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2001016542
OCLC
45750267
RCP
H - S
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