The Dreams and Visions of Aelius Aristides : : A Case-Study in the History of Religions / / John Stephens.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• VerfasserIn: Stephens, John,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Perspectives on Philosophy and Religious Thought
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (168 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; TABLE OF CONTENTS --; Acknowledgments --; Part One: Religio-Historical Considerations --; Chapter One: Aristides and his Book of Dreams --; Chapter Two: The Literary Dimension of the Text --; Chapter Three: The Problem of Individuality in the Sacred Tales: Comparing the Sacred Tales with Other Selected Ancient Christian and Pagan Autobiographical Documents --; Chapter Four: Dreams and Miracles in the Sacred Tales --; Chapter Five: Aristides and the Religious Climate of Late Antiquity --; Part Two: Psychological Considerations --; Chapter Six: Analysis of the Manifest Contents of Aristides’ Dreams --; Chapter Seven: A Functional Analysis of the Personal Religion of Aelius Aristides --; Chapter Eight: An Analysis of the Latent Contents of Aristides’ Dreams --; Chapter Nine: Concluding Remarks --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463235628; 9783111024141; 9783110663037; 9783110716849
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463235628
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: John Stephens.

An analysis of the religious experiences of the Greco-Roman sophist, Aelius Aristides. As a member of the cult of Asclepius, Aristides recorded his nocturnal dreams, waking visions and spiritual healings in a diary entitled the Sacred Tales. A study of this diary sheds light on the spiritual environment of the Roman world in the first and second century CE.