Dreams and Dream Interpreters in Mesopotamia and in the Hebrew Bible [Old Testament]

Abstract

In this chapter the author discusses dreams and dream interpretation. The author divides the topics up into 2 sections: The Mesopatmian evidence and that found in the Hebrew bible. Throughout the author adopts A. L. Oppenheim's typology and distinguish 'message' dreams, which a god or important figure appears in a dream and delivers an auditory missive to the dreamer, from 'symbolic' dreams, in which the dreamer witnesses enigmatic visual images that require an interpreter upon awakening. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)