Book of Dream Visions
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The Book of Dream Visions is a section of the ancient Jewish apocalyptic work 1 Enoch that recounts symbolic visionary narratives about Israel’s history and future judgment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Book of Dream Visions canonical | 2 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish apocalyptic text
ⓘ
section of 1 Enoch ⓘ visionary narrative ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Animal Apocalypse
ⓘ
Dream Visions ⓘ |
| associatedPeriod |
Second Temple Judaism
ⓘ
surface form:
Second Temple period
|
| attributedTo | Enoch ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus |
canonical in Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
ⓘ
non-canonical in Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ non-canonical in most Christian traditions ⓘ |
| contains |
Animal Apocalypse vision
ⓘ
vision of the new Jerusalem ⓘ |
| dateOfComposition | 3rd–2nd century BCE (approximate) ⓘ |
| eschatologicalTheme |
establishment of a renewed creation
ⓘ
final judgment of sinners ⓘ vindication of the righteous ⓘ |
| foundIn |
1 Enoch
ⓘ
surface form:
Ethiopic Book of Enoch
|
| genre |
apocalyptic literature
ⓘ
pseudepigrapha ⓘ |
| influenced |
early Christian eschatology
ⓘ
later Jewish apocalypticism ⓘ |
| language | Geʿez ⓘ |
| literaryFunction |
prediction of eschatological events
ⓘ
reinterpretation of Israel’s history ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | symbolic visions ⓘ |
| originalLanguage |
Aramaic
ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ |
| partOf | 1 Enoch ⓘ |
| preservedIn |
Ethiopic manuscripts
ⓘ
surface form:
Ethiopic manuscripts of 1 Enoch
|
| relatedWork |
Book of Parables
ⓘ
Book of the Watchers ⓘ 1 Enoch ⓘ
surface form:
Epistle of Enoch
|
| religiousTradition | Second Temple Judaism ⓘ |
| structure | two main dream visions ⓘ |
| subject |
divine judgment of nations
ⓘ
eschatology ⓘ future judgment ⓘ history of Israel ⓘ restoration of the righteous ⓘ |
| symbolism |
animals representing human groups
ⓘ
beasts symbolizing foreign nations ⓘ sheep symbolizing Israel ⓘ stars representing heavenly beings ⓘ |
| timeSpanDepicted |
from creation to final judgment
ⓘ
from patriarchs to Maccabean era ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.