Dreams in ancient Hebrew Literature

  • John Stephens (Author)
    Phd ftom UC Santa Barbara
    I am a  student of religion and I received my Phd in religious studies in 1982 from University of California, Santa Barbara.  I have an interest in the connection between psychology and religion.

Identifiers (Article)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11588/ijodr.2026.1.110419

Abstract

Dreams contain a mixture of imagery derived from waking consciousness  and other images that have little connection to waking awareness.  Although research on the continuity hypothesis has concentrated on the dreams of contemporary individuals, not much attention has been given to the dreams of historical individuals. The current article focuses how this continuity hypothesis is applicable to the dream narratives appearing in the Hebrew Bible and Jewish Pseudepigraphic literature.

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Published
2026-04-21
Issue
Vol 19, No 1 (April 2026)
Section
Commentaries
Language
en
Keywords
Dreams in the Hebrew Bible, Prophetic Dreams, Dreams in Pseudepigraphic Literature
How to Cite
Stephens, J. (2026). Dreams in ancient Hebrew Literature . International Journal of Dream Research, 19(1), 192–199. https://doi.org/10.11588/ijodr.2026.1.110419