The Resource Dreams in late antiquity : studies in the imagination of a culture, Patricia Cox Miller
Dreams in late antiquity : studies in the imagination of a culture, Patricia Cox Miller
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- Summary
- Dream interpretation was a prominent feature of the intellectual and imaginative world of late antiquity, for martyrs and magicians, philosophers and theologians, polytheists and monotheists alike. Finding it difficult to account for the prevalence of dream-divination, modern scholarship has often condemned it as a cultural weakness, a mass lapse into mere superstition. In this book, Patricia Cox Miller draws on pagan, Jewish, and Christian sources and modern semiotic theory to demonstrate the integral importance of dreams in late-antique thought and life. She argues that Graeco-Roman dream literature functioned as a language of signs that formed a personal and cultural pattern of imagination and gave tangible substance to ideas such as time, cosmic history, and the self. Miller first discusses late-antique theories of dreaming, with emphasis on theological, philosophical, and hermeneutical methods of deciphering dreams as well as the practical uses of dreams, especially in magic and the cult of Asclepius. She then considers the cases of six Graeco-Roman dreamers: Hermas, Perpetua, Aelius Aristides, Jerome, Gregory of Nyssa, and Gregory of Nazianzus. Her detailed readings illuminate the ways in which dreams provided solutions to ethical and religious problems, allowed for the reconfiguration of gender and identity, provided occasions for the articulation of ethical ideas, and altogether served as a means of making sense and order of the world. -- Publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 273 pages)
- Contents
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- Part I. Images and Concepts of Dreaming. Introduction --- Ch. 1. Figurations of Dream --- Ch. 2. Theories of Dreams --- Ch. 3. Interpretation of Dreams --- Ch. 4. Dreams and Therapy ---- Part II. Dreamers. Introduction --- Ch. 5. Hermas and the Shepherd --- Ch. 6. Perpetua and Her Diary of Dreams --- Ch. 7. Aelius Aristides and The Sacred Tales --- Ch. 8. Jerome and His Dreams --- Ch. 9. The Two Gregorys and Ascetic Dreaming ---- Conclusion
- Isbn
- 9780691215853
- Label
- Dreams in late antiquity : studies in the imagination of a culture
- Title
- Dreams in late antiquity
- Title remainder
- studies in the imagination of a culture
- Statement of responsibility
- Patricia Cox Miller
- Subject
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- Christian literature, Early
- Christian literature, Early -- History and criticism
- Civilisation classique
- Civilisation gréco-romaine
- Civilization, Greco-Roman
- Civilization, Greco-Roman
- Classical literature
- Classical literature -- History and criticism
- Classical literature -- Psychological aspects
- Classical literature -- Psychological aspects
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Dreams in literature
- Dreams in literature
- Dromen
- Droomuitlegging
- Electronic books
- Griechenland
- Griechisch
- HISTORY -- Ancient | General
- Imagination
- Imagination
- Klassieke talen
- Kultur
- Latein
- Letterkunde
- Literatur
- Littérature ancienne -- Aspect psychologique
- Littérature ancienne -- Histoire et critique
- Littérature antique -- Histoire et critique
- Littérature antique -- Thèmes, motifs
- Littérature chrétienne médiévale -- Histoire et critique
- Littérature chrétienne primitive -- Histoire et critique
- Littérature chrétienne primitive -- Histoire et critique
- Magie
- Philosophie ancienne
- Philosophie antique
- Philosophy -- history
- Philosophy, Ancient
- Philosophy, Ancient
- Rêves -- Dans la littérature
- 18.41 classical languages: general
- Römisches Reich
- Traum
- Traumdeutung
- Rêves dans la littérature
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Dream interpretation was a prominent feature of the intellectual and imaginative world of late antiquity, for martyrs and magicians, philosophers and theologians, polytheists and monotheists alike. Finding it difficult to account for the prevalence of dream-divination, modern scholarship has often condemned it as a cultural weakness, a mass lapse into mere superstition. In this book, Patricia Cox Miller draws on pagan, Jewish, and Christian sources and modern semiotic theory to demonstrate the integral importance of dreams in late-antique thought and life. She argues that Graeco-Roman dream literature functioned as a language of signs that formed a personal and cultural pattern of imagination and gave tangible substance to ideas such as time, cosmic history, and the self. Miller first discusses late-antique theories of dreaming, with emphasis on theological, philosophical, and hermeneutical methods of deciphering dreams as well as the practical uses of dreams, especially in magic and the cult of Asclepius. She then considers the cases of six Graeco-Roman dreamers: Hermas, Perpetua, Aelius Aristides, Jerome, Gregory of Nyssa, and Gregory of Nazianzus. Her detailed readings illuminate the ways in which dreams provided solutions to ethical and religious problems, allowed for the reconfiguration of gender and identity, provided occasions for the articulation of ethical ideas, and altogether served as a means of making sense and order of the world. -- Publisher description
- Cataloging source
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1947-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Miller, Patricia Cox
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Classical literature
- Dreams in literature
- Christian literature, Early
- Classical literature
- Civilization, Greco-Roman
- Philosophy, Ancient
- Imagination
- Philosophy
- Littérature ancienne
- Rêves dans la littérature
- Littérature chrétienne primitive
- Littérature ancienne
- Civilisation gréco-romaine
- Philosophie ancienne
- Imagination
- 18.41 classical languages: general
- HISTORY
- Christian literature, Early
- Civilization, Greco-Roman
- Classical literature
- Classical literature
- Dreams in literature
- Imagination
- Philosophy, Ancient
- Traum
- Traumdeutung
- Literatur
- Kultur
- Traum
- Griechenland
- Römisches Reich
- Dromen
- Droomuitlegging
- Letterkunde
- Magie
- Klassieke talen
- Littérature chrétienne médiévale
- Littérature antique
- Rêves
- Littérature antique
- Civilisation classique
- Philosophie antique
- Littérature chrétienne primitive
- Griechisch
- Latein
- Label
- Dreams in late antiquity : studies in the imagination of a culture, Patricia Cox Miller
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-270) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part I. Images and Concepts of Dreaming. Introduction --- Ch. 1. Figurations of Dream --- Ch. 2. Theories of Dreams --- Ch. 3. Interpretation of Dreams --- Ch. 4. Dreams and Therapy ---- Part II. Dreamers. Introduction --- Ch. 5. Hermas and the Shepherd --- Ch. 6. Perpetua and Her Diary of Dreams --- Ch. 7. Aelius Aristides and The Sacred Tales --- Ch. 8. Jerome and His Dreams --- Ch. 9. The Two Gregorys and Ascetic Dreaming ---- Conclusion
- Control code
- on1176566423
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 273 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780691215853
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctv132hr7h
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1176566423
- Label
- Dreams in late antiquity : studies in the imagination of a culture, Patricia Cox Miller
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-270) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part I. Images and Concepts of Dreaming. Introduction --- Ch. 1. Figurations of Dream --- Ch. 2. Theories of Dreams --- Ch. 3. Interpretation of Dreams --- Ch. 4. Dreams and Therapy ---- Part II. Dreamers. Introduction --- Ch. 5. Hermas and the Shepherd --- Ch. 6. Perpetua and Her Diary of Dreams --- Ch. 7. Aelius Aristides and The Sacred Tales --- Ch. 8. Jerome and His Dreams --- Ch. 9. The Two Gregorys and Ascetic Dreaming ---- Conclusion
- Control code
- on1176566423
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 273 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780691215853
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctv132hr7h
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1176566423
Subject
- Christian literature, Early
- Christian literature, Early -- History and criticism
- Civilisation classique
- Civilisation gréco-romaine
- Civilization, Greco-Roman
- Civilization, Greco-Roman
- Classical literature
- Classical literature -- History and criticism
- Classical literature -- Psychological aspects
- Classical literature -- Psychological aspects
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Dreams in literature
- Dreams in literature
- Dromen
- Droomuitlegging
- Electronic books
- Griechenland
- Griechisch
- HISTORY -- Ancient | General
- Imagination
- Imagination
- Klassieke talen
- Kultur
- Latein
- Letterkunde
- Literatur
- Littérature ancienne -- Aspect psychologique
- Littérature ancienne -- Histoire et critique
- Littérature antique -- Histoire et critique
- Littérature antique -- Thèmes, motifs
- Littérature chrétienne médiévale -- Histoire et critique
- Littérature chrétienne primitive -- Histoire et critique
- Littérature chrétienne primitive -- Histoire et critique
- Magie
- Philosophie ancienne
- Philosophie antique
- Philosophy -- history
- Philosophy, Ancient
- Philosophy, Ancient
- Rêves -- Dans la littérature
- 18.41 classical languages: general
- Römisches Reich
- Traum
- Traumdeutung
- Rêves dans la littérature
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