TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dodson,Derek S.
TI  - Reading dreams: an audience-critical approach to the dreams in the Gospel of Matthew 
T2  - Library of New Testament studies
SN  - 9780567153203 (electronic bk.)
AV  - BS2575.52 .D63 2009eb
U1  - 226.206 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - London, New York, NY
PB  - T & T Clark
KW  - Bible
KW  - N.T
KW  - Matthew
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Matth�ausevangelium
KW  - swd
KW  - Dreams in the Bible
KW  - Dreams
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Religion
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Biblical Studies
KW  - New Testament
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Jesus, the Gospels & Acts
KW  - Traum
KW  - Erz�ahltechnik
KW  - Literarkritik
KW  - Formgeschichte
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Baylor University, 2006; Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-203) and indexes; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; Chapter One: INTRODUCTION; Chapter Two: THE ANCIENT, SOCIAL CONTEXT OF DREAMS; Chapter Three: THE ANCIENT, LITERARY CONTEXT OF DREAMS, PART I: THE SCRIPT OF DREAMS; Chapter Four: THE ANCIENT, LITERARY CONTEXT OF DREAMS, PART II: THE LITERARY FUNCTIONS OF DREAMS; Chapter Five: DREAMS IN THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW; Chapter Six: CONCLUSION; Appendix: THE MATTHEAN TRANSFIGURATION AS A DREAM-VISION REPORT; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF REFERENCES; INDEX OF MODERN AUTHORS
N2  - 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 re
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