Dreams, Prophecy and Violence from Early Christianity to the Rise of Islam

从早期基督教到伊斯兰教兴起的梦、预言和暴力

• 批准号: FT140100226
• 负责人: Prof Bronwen Neil
• 金额: $ 58.14万
• 依托单位: Macquarie University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: ARC Future Fellowships
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2014-11-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/FT140100226
• 关键词: Dreams; Prophecy; Violence; Early; Christianity

In Classical Greco-Roman society dreams or visions were sometimes understood as vehicles of divine revelation. Early Christians and Muslims developed the religious interpretation of dreams, using it to bolster the religious authority of their leaders, who laid claim to the Jewish tradition of prophets who brought messages from God. This project aims to uncover the development of dream interpretation from Classical Antiquity through early Christianity to early Islam and give an understanding of how dreams and visions were used as tools of religious control and as justification of violence against other religions.

在古典希腊罗马社会，梦或异象有时被理解为神圣启示的载体。早期的基督徒和穆斯林发展了对梦的宗教解释，用它来巩固他们领导人的宗教权威，他们声称犹太传统的先知带来了来自上帝的信息。该项目旨在揭示从古典古代到早期基督教再到早期伊斯兰教的梦解释的发展，并了解梦和异象如何被用作宗教控制的工具以及作为针对其他宗教的暴力的理由。