Sleep, Divine and Human, in the Old Testament (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series, 38)

An original and absorbing monograph blending researches in several fields: semantics, archaeology, comparative ancient literature, symbolics and the social and religious dimensions of sleep as a concept. Many familiar texts are illuminated by this integrative approach. 1. Introduction -- Remarkable Sleep -- Prior Studies -- The Purpose And Limits Of This Study -- 2. Lexical Studies -- Lexical Fields -- Activity Fields -- Associative Fields -- The Ysn Group -- The Mskb Group -- Conclusions -- 3. Cultural Patterns -- Sleeping Sites -- Beds -- Bedding -- Proximity -- Time For Sleep -- Nocturnal Activity -- Summary -- 4. Israelite Understandings Of Sleep -- Varieties Of Sleep -- Physiological Of Psychological Aspects -- Sleep And The Soul -- Sleep And Death -- The Valuation Of Sleep 5. Sleep And The Divine -- Sent Sleep -- Sleep And Divine Communication -- The Sleep Of The Accused -- Divine Knowledge -- Divine Protection -- Summary -- 6. Divine Sleep -- Egypt -- Mesopotamia -- Old Testament -- 7. Conclusion -- Appendix A: Concordance By Fields -- Appendix B: Sleep Field Collocations -- Appendix C: Other Field Collocations -- Death Field Collocations -- Intercourse Field Collocations -- Nocturnal Activity Field Collocations. Thomas H. Mcalpine. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 235-252.