Animal Rights and the Hebrew Bible

by Saul M Olyan and Saul M. Olyan

Does the Hebrew Bible ascribe an implicit form of legal personhood or legal rights to animals? If so, which animals--domesticated or wild, or both--receive which rights, and for what purpose? Scholars have been slow to consider these questions, and animal-oriented research as a whole, in the field of biblical studies. For the first time, author Saul M. Olyan addresses these questions in detail and explores how the evidence of the Hebrew Bible might...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197609384
• ISBN13: 9780197609385
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.3"