文档介绍：DREAMBOOKS IN BYZANTIUM
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Dreambooks in Byzantium
Six Oneirocritica in Translation,
mentary and Introduction
STEVEN M. OBERHELMAN
Texas A&M University, College Station, USA
© Steven M. Oberhelman 2008
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Dreambooks in Byzantium: Six Oneirocritica in Translation, mentary and
Introduction
1. Dream interpretation – Early works to 1800. 2. Dreams – Early works to 1800
I. Oberhelman, Steven M.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Dreambooks in Byzantium: Six Oneirocritica in Translation, mentary and
Introduction / Steven M. Oberhelman.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Dreams – Early works to 1800. I. Oberhelman, Steven M.
2008
135’.309495–dc22 2007050602
ISBN 978-0-7546-6084-2
Contents
Acknowledgements vii
1 Authors, Dates, and Texts 1
2 The Art of Interpreting Dreams 21
3 The Cultural, Historical, and Social Background 39
4 The Oneirocriticon of Daniel: The Dreambook of the
Holy Prophet Daniel with the Help of Holy God,
according to the Alphabet 59
5 The Oneirocriticon of Nicephorus: The Dreambook of
Nicephorus, Patriarch of Constantinople 117
6 The Oneirocriticon of Astrampsychus 149
7 The Oneirocriticon of Germanus: The Dreambook of
Germanus, Patriarch of Constantinople 153
8 The Anonymous Oneirocritico