Animals, gods, and humans: changing attitudes to animals in Greek, Roman, and early Christian Ideas
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London ; New York
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Routledge
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Includes bibliographical references and index
NOTES PERTAINING TO TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
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Ingvild S'lid Gilhus
CONTENTS NOTE
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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
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Religious aspects History of doctrines ، Animals
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Religious aspects Christianity History of doctrines ، Animals - Early church, ca. 03-006