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Eden's other residents : the Bible and animals / Michael J. Gilmour ; foreword by Laura Hobgood-Oster.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gilmour, Michael J., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Animals in the Bible.
- Animals--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Animals.
- Ecology--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Ecology.
- Animal rights.
- Human-animal relationships.
- Animal welfare.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (188 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Eugene, Oregon : Cascade Books, 2014.
- Summary:
- The Bible teems with nonhuman life, from its opening pages with God's creation of animals on the same day and out of the same earth as humans to its closing apocalyptic scenes of horses riding out of the sky. Animals are Adam's companions, Noah's shipmates, and Elijah's saviors. They are at the center of ancient Israel's religious life as sacrifices and yet, as Job discovers, beyond human dominion. It is an animal that saves Balaam from certain death by an angel's hand, and an animal that carries Jesus into Jerusalem. The Creator declares all of them good at the beginning, and since the Apostl
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781630871994
- 1630871990
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