Reviewed by: Perchance to Dream: Dream Divination in the Bible and the Ancient Near East ed. by Esther J. Hamori and Jonathan Stökl Robert Gnuse esther j. hamori and jonathan stökl (eds.), Perchance to Dream: Dream Divination in the Bible and the Ancient Near East (Ancient Near East Monographs 21; Atlanta: SBL Press, 2018). Pp. xi + 220. Paper $49.95. This little volume offers the critical...
L'A. reprend le grand debat concernant les sources documentaires composant le Pentateuque mais sans la pretention de le resoudre. Il s'agit de focaliser l'attention du lecteur sur un aspect de la theologie Elohiste en relation a l'integrite de la tradition Elohiste, et cet aspect consiste dans la revelation sous forme de reve. Des etudes recentes se sont demande si les references au reve dans...
Josephus describes the dream experience of the high priest Jaddus (Ant. 11.326-328) in a manner reminiscent of dream incubation theophanies in the biblical tradition, especially that of Solomon in 1 Kings 3. In using this nuanced mode of recording incubation dreams, Josephus was able to communicate that the Jews received divine direction under Jaddus without implying that God was manipulated to...