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 InfoLondon ; New York : Routledge,
Descriptionviii, 322 p. ; 24 cm.
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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 noteIncludes bibliographical references ( p. 287-308) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2005019288
ISBN0415386497 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN0415386500 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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