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This important Book of Dreams K. al-Manām by Ibn Abī al-Dunyā (d. 281/894), a compendium of 350 Muslim dream narratives in Arabic, is now critically edited for the first time. Although dream accounts are scattered throughout most genres of classical Arabic literature, K. al-Manām is the only extant treatise dedicated solely to this topic. With the aim to provide the pious Muslim with a code of behaviour, the book relates dreams that deliver clear messages, of the kind that can be followed with no need for interpretation. The scholarly introduction in English gives a survey of the contents of the Arabic text, emphasizing the unique features of the book, while concentrating on their contribution to practical ethics, and examines the role dreams play in various genres of classical Arabic literature.

Dreams --- Salvation --- Religious life --- Early works to 1800. --- Islam --- Dreams - Early works to 1800. --- Salvation - Islam - Early works to 1800. --- Religious life - Islam - Early works to 1800. --- Religion --- Early works to 1800

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This volume discusses the so-called Oneirocriticon of Achmet , the most important Byzantine work on dream interpretation which was written in Greek in the 10th century and has greatly influenced subsequent dreambooks in Byzantine Greek, Medieval Latin, and modern European languages. By comparing the Oneirocriticon with the 2nd-century A.D. dreambook of Artemidoros (translated into Arabic in the 9th century) and five medieval Arabic dreambooks, this study demonstrates that the Oneirocriticon is a Christian Greek adaption of Islamic Arabic material and that the similarities between it and Artemidoros are due to the influence of Artemidoros on the Arabic sources of the Byzantine work. The Oneirocriticon 's textual tradition, its language, the identities of its author and patron, and its position among other Byzantine translations from Arabic into Greek are also investigated.

Dreams --- Dream interpretation --- Popular culture --- Arabic influences. --- Culture, Popular --- Mass culture --- Pop culture --- Popular arts --- Communication --- Intellectual life --- Mass society --- Recreation --- Culture --- Analysis, Dream --- Dream analysis --- Interpretation, Dream --- Arabic influences --- Interpretation --- Achmet, --- Textual analysis. --- Early works to 1800 --- Byzantine Empire --- Arab influences --- psychology. --- Dreaming --- Subconsciousness --- Visions --- Sleep --- Dreams - Early works to 1800. --- Dream interpretation - Byzantine Empire. --- Popular culture - Byzantine Empire - Arabic influences. --- psychology

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Ethics, Medieval --- Knowledge, Theory of (Religion) --- Faith and reason --- Cosmology, Medieval --- Eternity --- Dreams --- Morale médiévale --- Théorie de la connaissance (Religion) --- Foi et raison --- Cosmologie médiévale --- Eternité --- Rêves --- Early works to 1800 --- History of doctrines --- Ouvrages avant1800 --- Histoire des doctrines --- Ouvrages avant 1800 --- -Eternity --- -Ethics, Medieval --- -Knowledge, Theory of (Religion) --- -#GROL:SEMI-1-05'05' --- Religious knowledge, Theory of --- Religion --- Theology, Doctrinal --- Faith and logic --- Logic and faith --- Reason --- Reason and faith --- Reason and religion --- Religion and reason --- Medieval ethics --- Infinite --- Future life --- Dreaming --- Subconsciousness --- Visions --- Sleep --- Medieval cosmology --- Philosophy --- Religious aspects --- Morale médiévale --- Théorie de la connaissance (Religion) --- Cosmologie médiévale --- Eternité --- Rêves --- Epistemology, Religious --- Religious epistemology --- Early works to 1800. --- #GROL:SEMI-1-05'05' --- Knowledge, Theory of (Religion) - Early works to 1800 --- Faith and reason - History of doctrines - Middle Ages, 600-1500 --- Eternity - Early works to 1800 --- Dreams - Early works to 1800