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Early Christians and animals / Robert M. Grant.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grant, Robert M. (Robert McQueen), 1917-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Animals--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.
- Animals.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (225 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of plates; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Biblical animals; Unusual animals; Unreal animals; Alexandrians and the Physiologus; Antiochenes and Basil the Great; The Latin Fathers and Isidore: portents; Isidore of Seville, Book 12 On Animals; Notes; Bibliography; Index of animals and mythological characters; Index of ancient persons, groups, and writings; Index of modern authors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-206) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9781134633746
- 1134633742
- 9781134633753
- 1134633750
- 9781280334573
- 1280334576
- 9780203017470
- 0203017471
- 9780203159033
- 0203159039
- OCLC:
- 51013653
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