@article{Seng2020, author = {Seng, Helmut}, title = {Tr{\"a}ume statt Theurgie}, series = {PaRDeS : Zeitschrift der Vereinigung f{\"u}r J{\"u}dische Studien = Transformative Translations in Jewish History and Culture}, volume = {2020}, journal = {PaRDeS : Zeitschrift der Vereinigung f{\"u}r J{\"u}dische Studien = Transformative Translations in Jewish History and Culture}, number = {11}, editor = {Amb{\"u}hl, Annemarie}, issn = {2364-7612}, doi = {10.34679/thersites.vol11.167}, pages = {247 -- 276}, year = {2020}, abstract = {In his work De insomniis (On Dreams), Synesios adopts a rather critical view of theurgy, resembling Porphyry's attitude; his wording shows polemical exaggeration. His insistence on the usefulness of dream revelation for hunting might be read as a (not too serious) claim to the divine inspiration of his work κυνηγετικαί.}, language = {de} }