The Singular Beast: Jews, Christians, and the Pig

By: Fabre-Vassas, Claudine

Book Overview

Throughout history, the slaughter and consumption of the pig has been the inspiration for role-playing and taboos, and at the centre of practices that defined the boundaries between Christians and Jews. An exploration of the pig in Judeo-Christian culture and European anti-semitism, this work chronicles the cultural and religious character of a creature that occupies an ambiguous place in the families of those who raise them - at once nearly a member...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231103662
• ISBN13: 9780231103664
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 10.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher