In the Eye of the Animal: Zoological Imagination in Ancient Christianity

by Patricia Cox Miller

Early Christian theology posited a strict division between animals and humans. Nevertheless, animal figures abound in early Christian literature and art--from Augustine's renowned "wonder at the agility of the mosquito on the wing," to vivid exegeses of the six days of creation detailed in Genesis--and when they appear, the distinctions between human and animal are often dissolved. How, asks Patricia Cox Miller, does one account for the stunning...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812250354
• ISBN13: 9780812250350
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.1"