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Where dreams may come : incubation sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman world
- Title
- Where dreams may come : incubation sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman world / by Gil H. Renberg.
- Author
- Renberg, Gil H.
- Publication
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]
- ©2017
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | v. 2 | Text | Use in library | JFE 17-1193 v. 2 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | v. 1 | Text | Use in library | JFE 17-1193 v. 1 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 2 volumes (lxix, 1,046 pages); 25 cm
- Summary
- In this book, Gil H. Renberg examines the ancient religious phenomenon of "incubation", the ritual of sleeping at a divinity's sanctuary in order to obtain a prophetic or therapeutic dream. Most prominently associated with the Panhellenic healing god Asklepios, incubation was also practiced at the cult sites of numerous other divinities throughout the Greek world, but it is first known from ancient Near Eastern sources and was established in Pharaonic Egypt by the time of the Macedonian conquest; later, Christian worship came to include similar practices. Renberg's exhaustive study represents the first attempt to collect and analyze the evidence for incubation from Sumerian to Byzantine and Merovingian times, thus making an important contribution to religious history.
- Series Statement
- Religions in the Graeco-Roman world ; volume 184
- Uniform Title
- Religions in the Graeco-Roman world ; v. 184.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-1193
- ISBN
- 9789004299764
- 9004299769
- 9789004346215
- 900434621X
- 9789004346222
- 9004346228
- LCCN
- 2016036660
- 9789004299764
- OCLC
- 953708952
- Author
- Renberg, Gil H., author.
- Title
- Where dreams may come : incubation sanctuaries in the Greco-Roman world / by Gil H. Renberg.
- Publisher
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Religions in the Graeco-Roman world ; volume 184Religions in the Graeco-Roman world ; v. 184.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Renberg, Gil H., author. Where dreams may come Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017] 9789004330238
- Other Standard Identifier
- 9789004299764
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-1193