Dreams and divination from Byzantium to Baghdad, 400-1000 CE / Bronwen Neil.
2020
BF1078
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Title
Dreams and divination from Byzantium to Baghdad, 400-1000 CE / Bronwen Neil.
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Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780191914171 (electronic book)
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (256 pages).
Call Number
BF1078
Dewey Decimal Classification
154.6309021
Summary
Why did dreams matter to Jews, Byzantine Christians, and Muslims in the first millennium? Bronwen Neil shows how the three faiths took the pagan practice of divining the future from dreams and melded it with their own scriptural traditions to produce a novel and rich culture of dream interpretation.
Note
Why did dreams matter to Jews, Byzantine Christians, and Muslims in the first millennium? Bronwen Neil shows how the three faiths took the pagan practice of divining the future from dreams and melded it with their own scriptural traditions to produce a novel and rich culture of dream interpretation.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 19, 2020).
Series
Oxford studies in the Abrahamic religions.
Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online.
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9780198871149
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