Abbreviations
1: Why Dreams Mattered in Late Antiquity
2: Scriptural Models of Dream Interpretation
3: Dreambooks: A Rival Tradition of Authority
4: Channeling the Divine: From Paganism to Monotheism
5: The Trouble with Dreams: Sayings of Monks, Rabbis, and the
Prophet
6: Dreams and the Material World: New Developments
7: In the Footsteps of the Prophets: Dreams of War
Epilogue: Why Dreams Still Matter
Bibliography
Bronwen Neil is Professor of Ancient and Byzantine History at Macquarie University, and foundation director of the Macquarie University Centre for Ancient Cultural Heritage and Environment (CACHE). She works on Greek and Latin literature of the first millennium CE, and the history of religious ideas and their influence on culture in this period.
By connecting these cultures, their worldviews and practices,
Neil's book makes for an excellent piece of interdisciplinary and
intercultural research whose impact exceeds the academia, providing
deep insights into the world we live in. By unveiling the roots of
these worldviews and practices, her monograph, therefore, does more
than fill a gap in the literature; it advances our grasp of the
things we see happening in the world. I wholeheartedly recommend
this monograph to scholars and students of the Abrahamic religions,
of dream and divination, and to whoever seeks to understand the
world in which we live.
*Doru Costache, Journal for the Academic Study of Religion*
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