Early Christians and Animals

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-0-415-51887-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 351 g

Early Christians and Animals presents a lively study of the significance of animals in early Christian thought, tradition, text and art.
Robert M. Grant:

* examines the diverse and often conflicting sources, from the pagan antecedents Aristotle and Pliny, to Biblical animal references and the Church fathers
* provides fresh translations of key texts concerning animals - the Physiologus, Basils homilies and Isidores chapters.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Grant, Robert M.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Praktische Theologie Christliches Leben & Praxis

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Biblical animals 2 Unusual animals 3 Unreal animals 4 Alexandrians and the Physiologus 5 Antiochenes and Basil the Great 6 The Latin Fathers and Isidore: portents 7 Isidore of Seville, Book 12 On Animals

Über Autor(innen)

Robert M. Grant