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Animals, gods, and humans [electronic resource] : changing attitudes to animals in Greek, Roman, and early Christian ideas / Ingvild Sælid Gilhus.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.Description: viii, 322 pISBN:
  • 9780203964798
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: No title; No title; No title; No titleOnline resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Also available in print edition.
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-308) and index.

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.

Also available in print edition.

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