Ask the animals : developing a biblical animal hermeneutic / edited by Arthur W. Walker-Jones and Suzanna R. Millar.
| Other author | Walker-Jones, Arthur, editor. |
| Other author | Millar, Suzanna R., editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Atlanta : SBL Press, [2024] |
| Copyright Date | ©2024 |
| Description | xv, 295 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Developing a biblical animal hermeneutic |
| Series | Semeia studies Semeia studies ; no. 104. ^A1043593 |
| Contents | Introduction: difference, identity, indistinction / Arthur Walker-Jones and Suzanna R. Millar -- Wild Christology: on foxes, birds, and the Son of Man / William "Chip" Gruen -- Monsters, beasts, and animals: the taxonomy of fierce creatureliness in the biblical text and beyond / Robert Paul Seesengood -- "He differed in nothing from the beasts": the disruption of the human-animal difference in John Calvin's commentary on Daniel 4 / Peter Joshua Atkins -- "Let them eat straw": an ecological reevaluation of Isaiah 11:6-8 / Jacob R. Evers -- "The fate of humans and the fate of animals is the same": animality and humanity in Qoheleth and the Hebrew Bible / Ken Stone -- Biblical studies meets the humane society: the emergence of animal activist exegesis / Michael J. Gilmour -- Attending to the forest and its denizens in the Hebrew Bible / Margaret Cohen -- Recognizing the gen(i)us of animals: Jeremiah 8-9 as a test case / Jaime L. Waters -- Like dogs that return to their own vomit: ruminations on the (re)production of animalizing hate in the second letter of Peter / Dong Hyeon Jeong -- Human obligation to nonhuman animals in Proverbs / Timothy J. Sandoval -- Mark's parabolic aviary: reading Mark's parabolic birds ecologically with and against Mark's Jesus / Brian James Tipton -- The pasture and the battlefield: domesticated animals in the Song of Songs / Jared Beverly -- The donkey as Tamasoaalii: a Fāgogo reading of Balaam and the donkey in Numbers 22:22-35 / Brian Fiu Kolia --Miss Piggy and the Pretty Woman of Proverbs 11:22: beauty, animality, and gender / Anne Létourneau -- Job and the maggots / Suzanna R. Millar -- From jumping viruses to Job's leviathan: a response / William P. Brown -- Biblical and other cultural zoontologies / Robert McKay -- Afterword: an animal hermeneutics? Research directions and teaching ideas / Arthur Walker-Jones and Suzanna R. Millar. |
| Abstract | "Birds, beasts, and creeping things swarm throughout the Bible's pages. Despite their prevalence, most biblical scholars have viewed them merely as metaphors, passive objects, or background embellishment to the human experience. This collection seeks to move beyond this traditional view of biblical animals by engaging the growing interdisciplinary field of animal studies. Contributors Peter Joshua Atkins, Jared Beverly, William P. Brown, Margaret Cohen, Jacob R. Evers, Michael J. Gilmour, William "Chip" Gruen, Dong Hyeon Jeong, Brian Fiu Kolia, Anne Létourneau, Robert R. MacKay, Suzanna R. Millar, Timothy J. Sandoval, Robert Paul Seesengood, Ken Stone, Brian James Tipton, Arthur W. Walker-Jones, and Jaime L. Waters showcase the breadth and depth of inquiry that animal studies can foster in biblical studies as well as what animal studies can gain from a more rigorous engagement with biblical texts. Together the essays offer an animal hermeneutic that supports the flourishing of all creatures" -- Publisher, page [4] of cover. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN | 9781628375909 |
| ISBN | 1628375906 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 9781628375916 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 1628375914 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | (PDF) |
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