Studying Dream Interpretation from Early Christianity to the Rise of I slam
Bronwen Neil
Early C hristian and early I slamic texts on dreams dream interpretation have come under increased scrutiny in recent decades. Dream literature from pagan Jewish antiquity to the medieval period demonstrates that dreams, especially prophetic were used establish spiritual authority, enforce compliance, justify violence a religious context. The common cultural roots of hristianity slam emerge when we recognise crucial role played by prophecy two traditions. various methodologies scholarship their are surveyed with view identifying those most relevant analysis first‐millennium CE literary sources L atin, G reek, S yriac, A rabic. key three major traditions this (Western hristian, Eastern slamic) then analysed assessing whether hristians M uslims understood taxonomised differently. Literary genre audience (lay, clerical, or monastic) revealed as determinants difference, rather than origins.
Journal of Religious History