Animals, gods and humans : changing attitudes to animals in Greek, Roman and early Christian ideas
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Format : | Livre |
Langue : | anglais |
Titre complet : | Animals, gods and humans : changing attitudes to animals in Greek, Roman and early Christian ideas / Ingvild Sælid Gilhus |
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London [etc.] :
Routledge
, 2006 |
Description matérielle : | 1 vol. (VIII-322 p.) |
Contenu : | Animals in the Roman Empire. United by soul or divided by reason?. Vegetarianism, natural history and physiognomics. Imagination and transformations. The religious value of animals. Animal 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 donkey-man, the leontocephalus and the challenge of beasts. Winged humans, speaking animals |
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Bibliographie : | Bibliogr. p. 287-308. Index |
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ISBN : | 0-415-38649-7 0-415-38650-0 978-0415-38649-4 978-0415-38650-0 |