title: Contributions to the history of psychology: LIII. Maimonides' "Freudian" theory of prophecy.
abstract: Maimonides, in The Guide of the Perplexed developed an an approach to interpreting prophecy using "Freudian" dream-interpretation methods on the assumption that prophets report dreams and visions, based on Numbers 12:6-8.
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authors.lastname: Bakan
mesh_terms: D001633:Bible; D005619:Freudian Theory; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D007585:Jews / Q000266:history*; D009228:Mysticism / Q000266:history*; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D012070:Religion and Science