Animals, gods, and humans changing attitudes to animals in Greek, Roman, and early Christian thought / Ingvild S'lid Gilhus.
| Author/creator | Gilhus, Ingvild Sælid |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Routledge, |
| Description | viii, 322 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references ( p. 287-308) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2005019288 |
| ISBN | 0415386497 (hardback : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0415386500 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |