The dream of Pharaoh’s Chief Cupbearer: A response to Philo of Alexandria

  • Yong Lu (Author)
    Faculty of Christian Philosophy, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw
    http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3944-1885
    Yong Lu is a Ph.D student in Psychology at the Faculty of Christian Philosophy, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Poland since 2016. He currently studies under the Erasmus + programme in Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. His research is multidisciplinary with an emphasis on behavioral decision making of psychology and Christianity theology. He has published a few papers in relation to psychologically individual differences, cognitive fallacies, comparison between Christianity and Confucianism, behavioral models' selection in individual decision making, biblical dreams, leadership in the bible, etc.

Identifiers (Article)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11588/ijodr.2020.1.63461

Abstract

Genesis 40 tells of the Joseph’s interpretation of the dream of Pharaoh’s chief cupbearer. The scope of this article offers a novel argument against Philo of Alexandria for his negative hermeneutics of the chief cupbearer’s dream and allegorical implications, as he replaces linguistic terms in the Hebrew and/or Greek text, “cupbearer” with “eunuch”. The allegorical method which might account for similarities of dream interpretations between Philo and the Freudian and Jungian school is discussed.

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Published
2020-03-30
Issue
Vol 13, No 1 (April 2020)
Section
Brief Reports
Language
en
Keywords
allegorical dreams, cupbearer, eunuch, Philo of Alexandria
How to Cite
Lu, Y. (2020). The dream of Pharaoh’s Chief Cupbearer: A response to Philo of Alexandria. International Journal of Dream Research, 13(1), 105–109. https://doi.org/10.11588/ijodr.2020.1.63461