Wholly Animals: A Book of Beastly Tales

by David N. Bell

This book tells a variety of tales about different animals. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879076283
• ISBN13: 9780879076283
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Cistercian Publications
• Length: 203 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The ultimate book of animal tales

What do the following have in common? John the Evangelist, saint Kevin, Macarius the Great, Maedoc of Ferns, Moshe Leib of Sasov, Moses, Muhammad, Owain ap Caradog ap Iestyn. Yes, they are all known as religious figures; they also are known as friends of animals - teaching animals, learning from them, or protecting them (or vice versa). This delightful book tells a variety of tales about the animals. This range from simple observations - learning the stillness of meditation from a cat over a mousehole, to full blown stories. Information setting the story in place, time and manuscript(hagiographic reference) is provided for each story.This is (a) a perfect antidote to a cold, stormy night (b) a perfect antidote to over-rationalized religion (c) an excellent introduction to hagiography (d) all of the above. The correct answer is, of course, d.