Animals, gods, and humans: changing attitudes to animals in Greek, Roman, and early Christian Ideas
Ingvild S'lid Gilhus
Animals, gods, and humans: changing attitudes to animals in Greek, Roman, and early Christian Ideas
Author
Ingvild S'lid GilhusPublisher
RoutledgeEdition 1
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Title and Author
Animals, gods, and humans: changing attitudes to animals in Greek, Roman, and early Christian Ideas / Ingvild S'lid GilhusPublication Details
لندن : Routledge، 2005مPhysical Description
viii, 322 p.; 24 cm..Subject
Animals Religious aspects History of doctrinesAnimals - Early church, ca. 30-600 Religious aspects Christianity History of doctrines
Greece Religion
Rome Religion
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انگلیسیNotes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Animals in the Roman Empire -- United by soul or divided by reason -- Vegetarianism, natural history, and physiognomics -- Imagination and transformation -- The religious value of animals -- Animals sacrifice : traditions and new inventions -- God is a man-eater? : the animal sacrifice and its critics -- The New Testament and the Lamb of God -- Fighting the beasts -- Internal animals and bestial demons -- The crucified donkeyman, the leontocephalus, and the challenge of beasts -- Winged humans, speaking animals