Gilhus, Ingvild Sælid.

Animals, gods, and humans changing attitudes to animals in Greek, Roman, and early Christian ideas / [electronic resource] : Ingvild Sælid Gilhus. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2006. - viii, 322 p.

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.




Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Animals--Religious aspects--History of doctrines.
Animals--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.


Greece--Religion.
Rome--Religion.


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