Animals, Gods and Humans: Changing Attitudes to Animals in Greek, Roman and Early Christian Ideas

by Ingvild Sælid Gilhus

Book Overview

Consulting a wide range of key texts and source material, Animals, Gods and Humans covers 800 years and provides a detailed analysis of early Christian attitudes to, and the position of, animals in Greek and Roman life and thought.

Both the pagan and Christian conceptions of animals are rich and multilayered, and Ingvild S lid Gilhus expertly examines the dominant themes and developments in the conception of animals.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415386497
• ISBN13: 9780415386494
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.2"