An Egyptian book dated back to about 1250 BCE, the Chester Beatty Papyrus, is the oldest dream interpretation book in existence. ... Two of the most well-known biblical dreamers were Joseph and Daniel. ... According to some sources, Daniel is said to have interpreted a dream for the king of Babylon who then promoted him to a high station. ... One ancient book classified dreams and their symbols into different meanings. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The book, The Studies on Hysteria, was wrote and published before the departure of Breuer and Freud (Davis Webpage) and the book, Symbols of Transformation, was wrote and published before the departure of Jung and Freud (Davis Webpage). ... Since the publication of The Interpretation of Dreams there has been a lot of debate about the book. The debate takes place, mainly, because of his addiction to cocaine at the time the book was written (Thornton Webpage). ... As Daniel Schacter notes: "If we"re unaware that something is influencing our behavior, there is little we can do to understand or c...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Babylonians revered the Jews as dream interpreters, and in the sixth century BC they summoned the Israelite prophet Daniel to interpret one of King Nebuchadnezzar's dreams, whereupon he correctly predicted the king's imminent seven years of madness (Daniel 4: 535). ... By avoiding narrative and emotional complexity of REM dreams and instead loosening the usual restrictions upon thought, they allow the dreamer to survey the contents of his or her unconscious, like leafing through the pages of an illustrated book. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

One of the first organized glimpses into the diagnostics of a dream came in an Egyptian book called the Chester Beatty Papyrus, its author is unknown. ... Artemeidorus documented and interpreted thousands of dream reports in his book Oreiocritica (meaning "critical dreams" in Greek). ... That was until Sigmund Freud wrote his book The Interpretations of Dreams in 1900. ... Daniel, form the bible, many times had super conscious dreams as he dealt with Nebuchadnezzar...

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• Grade Level: High School