Animals, gods and humans : changing attitudes to animals in Greek, Roman and early Christian ideas / Ingvild Sælid Gilhus.
| Author/creator |
Gilhus, Ingvild Sælid |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Routledge, 2006. |
| Description | viii, 322 pages ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | Animals in the Roman Empire -- United by soul or divided by reason? -- Vegetarianism, natural history and physiognomics -- Imagination and transformations -- The religious value of animals -- Animal 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 donkey-man, the leontocephalus and the challenge of beasts -- Winged humans, speaking animals. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-308) and index. |
| LCCN | 2005019288 |
| ISBN | 0415386497 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 0415386500 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780415386494 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780415386500 (pbk.) |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | BL795.A54 G55 2006 | Item has been checked out - Due: 11/20/2024 | Want This? |