Dreams And Dream Reports In The Writings Of Josephus

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Dreams and Dream Reports in the Writings of Josephus

Author : Gnuse
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004332502
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Dreams and Dream Reports in the Writings of Josephus written by Gnuse and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-07-17 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Dreams and Dream Reports in the Writings of Josephus

Author : Robert Karl Gnuse
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9789004106161
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (61 download)

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Book Synopsis Dreams and Dream Reports in the Writings of Josephus by : Robert Karl Gnuse

Download or read book Dreams and Dream Reports in the Writings of Josephus written by Robert Karl Gnuse and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1996 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume evaluates the understanding of dreams and the form of dream reports in Josephus' writings, and it compares Josephan texts with ancient Near Eastern, biblical, and Hellenistic dream reports to discern Josephus' sources of literary inspiration and intellectual assumptions.

The Book of Daniel

Author : John Joseph Collins
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9780391041271
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (412 download)

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Download or read book The Book of Daniel written by John Joseph Collins and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International experts offer fresh insights into: (1) Review of Scholarship and Context; (2) Near Eastern Milieu; (3) Interpretation of Specific Passages; (4) Social Setting; (5) Literary Context, Including Qumran; (6) Reception in Judaism and Christianity; (7) Textual History; and (8) Theology of Daniel.

"Convinced that God Had Called Us"

Author : John B. F. Miller
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004154744
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)

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Book Synopsis "Convinced that God Had Called Us" by : John B. F. Miller

Download or read book "Convinced that God Had Called Us" written by John B. F. Miller and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2007 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Employing narrative criticism to provide a comprehensive examination of the dreams and visions in Luke-Acts, this study highlights those passages in which characters interpret their visionary encounters (e.g., the infancy narrative, Saul's/Paul's conversion, the Cornelius-Peter episode, and Paul's dream at Troas).

Reading Dreams

Author : Derek S. Dodson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0567153207
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (671 download)

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Download or read book Reading Dreams written by Derek S. Dodson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2009-06-25 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dodson reads the dreams in the Gospel of Matthew (1:18b-25; 2:12, 13-15, 19-21, 22; 27:19) as the authorial audience. This approach requires an understanding of the social and literary character of dreams in the Greco-Roman world. Dodson describes the social function of dreams, noting that dreams constituted one form of divination in the ancient world, and looks at the theories and classification of dreams that developed in the ancient world. He then moves on to demonstrate the literary dimensions of dreams in Greco-Roman literature. This exploration of the literary representation of dreams is nuanced by considering the literary form of dreams, dreams in the Greco-Roman rhetorical tradition, the inventiveness of literary dreams, and the literary function of dreams. The dreams in the Gospel of Matthew are then analyzed in this social and literary context. It is demonstrated that Matthew's use of dreams as a literary convention corresponds to the script of dreams in other Greco-Roman narratives. This correspondence includes the form of the Matthean dreams, dreams as a motif of the birth topos (1:18b-25), the association of dreams and prophecy (1:22-23; 2:15, 23), the use of the double-dream report (2:12 and 2:13-15), and dreams as an ominous sign in relation to an individual's death (27:19). An appendix considers the Matthean transfiguration as a dream-vision report.

The Book of Daniel, Volume 1 Composition and Reception

Author : John J. Collins
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004276084
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Book Synopsis The Book of Daniel, Volume 1 Composition and Reception by : John J. Collins

Download or read book The Book of Daniel, Volume 1 Composition and Reception written by John J. Collins and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2014-09-03 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this collection of new essays, more than thirty leading scholars from Europe, North America and Israel examine the Composition and Reception of Daniel in eight sections: Review of Scholarship and Context (J.J. Collins, M. Knibb); Near Eastern Milieu (K. van der Toorn, S. Paul, J. Walton); Interpretation of Specific Passages (D. Dimant, R. Kratz, A. Lacocque, E. Haag, J.-W. van Henten); Social Setting (R. Albertz, S. Beyerle, L. Grabbe, P. Davies, D. Smith-Christopher); Literary Context, including Qumran (J.-W. Wesselius, G. Boccaccini, P.W. Flint, L. Stuckenbruck, E. Eshel, J. Hobbins); Reception in Judaism and Christianity (K. Koch, C. Rowland, U. Gleßmer, C.A. Evans, J.D.G. Dunn, M. Henze); Textual History (E. Ulrich, A.A. Di Lella, K. Jenner) and Theology of Daniel (J. Goldingay, J. Barton, J. Lust). This is the second volume to appear (following Writing and Reading the Scroll of Isaiah. Studies of an Interpretative Tradition) in the collection The Formation and Interpretation of Old Testament Literature, part of the series Supplements to Vetus Testamentum. Further volumes in preparation on the composition and reception of Old Testament books include Genesis, Leviticus, Kings, Psalms, and Proverbs. This publication has also been published in paperback, please click here for details.

God and Dreams

Author : John Pratt Bingham
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1606086677
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book God and Dreams written by John Pratt Bingham and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At one time when an individual wanted a direct, personal experience of God that person turned to his or her dreams. The early third century Christian defender of the faith, Tertullian, observed, "Is it not known to all people that the dream is the most usual way that God reveals himself to man?" Yet by the eleventh century, King William II of England states, "They are not good Christians that regard dreams." Why did this reversal of opinion occur, not only in Christian thinking, but in Jewish and Islamic attitudes also? God and Dreams: Is There a Connection? traces the historic connection between God and dreams and examines why this shift happened. While particular attention is given to Jewish, Christian, and Islamic thought, several secular disciplines are discussed also. After investigating the different points of view, an argument is made that the connection between God and dreams still exists.

Denying Her Voice: The Figure of Miriam in Ancient Jewish Literature

Author : Hanna K. Tervanotko
Publisher : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
ISBN 13 : 3647551058
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (475 download)

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Book Synopsis Denying Her Voice: The Figure of Miriam in Ancient Jewish Literature by : Hanna K. Tervanotko

Download or read book Denying Her Voice: The Figure of Miriam in Ancient Jewish Literature written by Hanna K. Tervanotko and published by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. This book was released on 2016-09-12 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hanna Tervanotko first analyzes the treatment and development of Miriam as a literary character in ancient Jewish texts, taking into account all the references to this figure preserved in ancient Jewish literature from the exilic period to the early second century C.E.: Exodus 15:20-21; Deuteronomy 24:8-9; Numbers 12:1-15; 20:1; 26:59; 1 Chronicles 5:29; Micah 6:4, the Septuagint, the Dead Sea Scrolls (4Q365 6 II, 1-7; 4Q377 2 I, 9; 4Q543 1 I, 6 = 4Q545 1 I, 5; 4Q546 12, 4; 4Q547 4 I, 10; 4Q549 2, 8), Jubilees 47:4; Ezekiel the Tragedian 18; Demetrius Chronographer frag. 3; texts by Philo of Alexandria: De vita contemplativa 87; Legum allegoriae 1.76; 2.66-67; 3.103; De agricultura 80-81; Liber antiquitatum biblicarum 9:10; 20:8, and finally texts by Josephus: Antiquitates judaicae 2.221; 3.54; 3.105; 4.78. These texts demonstrate that the picture of Miriam preserved in the ancient Jewish texts is richer than the Hebrew Bible suggests. The results provide a contradictory image of Miriam. On the one hand she becomes a tool of Levitical politics, whereas on the other she continues to enjoy a freer role. People continued to interpret earlier literary traditions in light of new situations, and interpretations varied in different contexts. Second, in light of poststructuralist literary studies that treat texts as reflections of specific social situations, Tervanotko argues that the treatment of Miriam in ancient Jewish literature reflects mostly a reality in which women had little space as active agents. Despite the general tendency to allow women only little room, the references to Miriam suggest that at least some prominent women may have enjoyed occasional freedom.

The Book of Jeremiah

Author :
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004373276
Total Pages : 565 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book The Book of Jeremiah written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-07-17 with total page 565 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book of Jeremiah: Composition, Reception, and Interpretation, offers a wide-ranging view of critical study on Jeremiah, with up-to-date scholarship and fresh insights from leading scholars in the field.

Signs, Wonders, and Gifts

Author : Jennifer Eyl
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0190924659
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book Signs, Wonders, and Gifts written by Jennifer Eyl and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout his letters, the apostle Paul consistently references signs, wonders, visions, miracles, divine healings, prophecies, and speaking in tongues. This book examines Paul's repertoire of divinatory and wonderworking practices and contextualizes them in their historical milieu. Furthermore, the book situates such practices within a framework of reciprocity that dominated human-divine relationships in antiquity. Insofar as Paul extends miraculous abilities to his gentile followers, these wondrous abilities come in proportion to their faithfulness.

Heavenly Imagery and Symbolism in Matthew's Gospel

Author : Daehoon Kang
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1666783919
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (667 download)

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Download or read book Heavenly Imagery and Symbolism in Matthew's Gospel written by Daehoon Kang and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2023-11-21 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present study explores the role of heavenly imagery and symbolism in the Gospel of Matthew. Historical background and narrative criticism are my main methods because the Old Testament and Second Temple Jewish texts form the historical backgrounds for the understanding of Matthew’s heaven and Matthew uses heavenly imagery and symbolism to highlight his main themes in the gospel as a whole. This study investigates Matthew’s distinctive materials and important texts having to do with heaven, exploring their meanings and establishing their roles in each narrative section. Matthew describes heaven as the space where certain events reveal God’s plan of salvation. Heaven is associated with such key matters as revelation and judgment. Each major discourse of Matthew focuses on heavenly imagery with judgment at its end, culminating in the parable of the sheep and the goats (Matt 25:31–46).

The Divine in Acts and in Ancient Historiography

Author : Scott Shauf
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 1451494335
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (514 download)

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Download or read book The Divine in Acts and in Ancient Historiography written by Scott Shauf and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2015-03-01 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scott Shauf compares the portrayal of the divine in Acts with portrayals of the divine in other ancient historiographical writings, the latter including Jewish and wider Greco-Roman historiographical traditions. The divine may be represented as a single deity (in Judaism) or many (in Greek and Roman traditions) and also includes representations of angels, God’s spirit, Jesus as a divine figure, or forces with divine status such as fate, chance, and providence. Shauf’s particular interest is in how the divine is represented as involved in history, through themes including the nature of divine retribution, the partiality or impartiality of the divine toward different sets of people, and the portrayal of divine control over seemingly purely natural and human events. Acts is shown to be engaging historiographical traditions of the author’s own day but also contributing unique historiographical perspectives. The way history is written in Acts and in the other writings is shown to be intimately tied to the understanding of the role of the divine in history.

From Creation to New Creation

Author : Daniel M. Gurtner
Publisher : Hendrickson Publishers
ISBN 13 : 159856837X
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book From Creation to New Creation written by Daniel M. Gurtner and published by Hendrickson Publishers. This book was released on 2013 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this illuminating festschrift, sixteen well-known evangelical scholars celebrate the work of a man who has greatly contributed to Evangelical biblical scholarship as we know it today. G. K. Beale is renowned for his studies that explore how the writers of the New Testament used the Old Testament Scriptures in their letters, Gospels, narrative, and apocalypse. These collected essays, written by both colleagues and former students, reveal the immense appreciation that he has garnered among scholars and exegetes of all kinds.

The Jewish Revolt against Rome

Author : Mladen Popović
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004216693
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book The Jewish Revolt against Rome written by Mladen Popović and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-11-11 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributions of this volume reflect on a wide range of literary, archaeological, documentary, epigraphic and numismatic sources and their bearing on the historical context of the Jewish revolt against Rome and on our own historical methods.

Tracing Sapiential Traditions in Ancient Judaism

Author : Hindy Najman
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004324682
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Tracing Sapiential Traditions in Ancient Judaism written by Hindy Najman and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2016-08-29 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is intended to problematize current conceptions of the category of Wisdom and to reconsider the scope of ancient Jewish sapiential traditions.

Dreaming in Christianity and Islam

Author : Kelly Bulkeley
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813546109
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book Dreaming in Christianity and Islam written by Kelly Bulkeley and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout history to the present day, religion has ideologically fueled wars, conquests, and persecutions. Christianity and Islam, the world's largest and geopolitically powerful faiths, are often positioned as mortal enemies locked in an apocalyptic clash of civilizations. Rarely are similarities addressed. Dreaming in Christianity and Islam, the first book to explore dreaming in these religions through original essays, fills this void. The editors reach a plateau by focusing on how studying dreams reveals new aspects of social and political reality. International scholars document the impact of dreams on sacred texts, mystical experiences, therapeutic practices, and doctrinal controversies.

Incubation as a Type-Scene in the Aqhatu, Kirta, and Hannah Stories

Author : Koowon Kim
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004207511
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Incubation as a Type-Scene in the Aqhatu, Kirta, and Hannah Stories written by Koowon Kim and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-05-10 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book proposes to read the birth stories of Aqhatu, Kirta and Samuel from the perspective of incubation type-scene. Drawing on Nagler’s definition of a type-scene, it employs the idea of family resemblance as a principle of identification of type-scenes.