Reviewed by: Spirit Possession in Judaism: Cases and Contexts from the Middle Ages to the Present Jeremy Dauber Matt Goldish , ed. Spirit Possession in Judaism: Cases and Contexts from the Middle Ages to the Present. Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2003. Pp. 476. On July 1, 1912, S. Anski, the noted Yiddish and Russian writer,...
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...