Today’s dreams versus your Bible
In Parshat Yashav and Parshat Makatz we see a recurring motif of dreams. In Parshat Yashav we saw Yosef’s dream, and in Parshat Makatz we saw Pero’s dream. In both, the dreams are ultimately interpreted to be true. Today, almost in 2025, we know that dreams are a sequence of events that happened during the day. What does this say about the dreams that appear in the Bible? Why do you think the dreams that appear in the Bible reflect something prophetic, and not something that is like today, just a dream?
Simply put, it is a type of prophecy.
Regarding the current perception, I don’t think we “know,” and what we think isn’t just a sequence of events and not just from today.
Prophetic dreams can also be related to the thoughts of the day, as Daniel says to Nebuchadnezzar, "Your thoughts on your bed are shattered." But apparently these are people with prophetic talent who interfere with their dreams. Perhaps that is why in prophetic dreams there is no dream without idle talk, unlike a prophecy that is supposed to be fulfilled in every detail.
Uri,
Psychoanalyst Erich Fromm claims in his book “The Forgotten Language” that during sleep an intuitive power of recognition arises, expressed in dreams, that is not present in waking life. He believes that there are dreams that can teach a person things that he has difficulty grasping while everyday, analytical and conscious thinking dominates the soul; things like standing on the nature of a particular person or foresight.
So it is not certain how much a dream is “just a dream” (i.e.: a collection of fantasies).
Leave a Reply
Please login or Register to submit your answer
