Animals in the New Testament : perspectives from animal studies and ancient contexts / edited by Justin David Strong and Ruben Zimmermann.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Strong, Justin David, editor.

Zimmermann, Ruben, 1968- editor.

Series:

Library of New Testament studies ; 701.

Library of New Testament studies ; 701

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. New Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Animals in the Bible.

Physical Description:

xvi, 277 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York ; Oxford ; New Delhi ; Sydney : T&T Clark, 2025.

Summary:

"This volume explores the ubiquity of animals and the remarkable density of animal language in the New Testament and its contemporary world. By situating the New Testament amid ancient discourses and incorporating understanding from the emerging field of Animal Studies, the contributors explore the insights that emerge when non-human animals and notions of animality take centre stage. With chapters covering classical contexts of the New Testament, each gospel, the letters of Paul, the General Epistles, Revelation, and extra-canonical Christian texts, this collection introduces an unfamiliar paradigm that offers new perspectives and insights into the New Testament and its contemporary world. Addressed are ancient debates about animal souls and sacrifice, their roles in the teachings of Jesus, their symbolic and ethical significance in early Christianity, the human-animal boundary, and topics such as sentience, subjectivity, and intentionality." -- Publisher, page four of cover.

Contents:

Part I: Introduction and Orientation. Introduction: The Animal Turn and the New Testament Crossroads / Justin David Strong

Reacclimating to the Environment: Where Are the New Testament Animals and Why Do They Matter? / Justin David Strong

Part II: Classical Contexts. Do Non-Human Animals Have Lógos? Perspectives from the New Testament and Late Stoicism in Comparison / Hedwig Schmalzgruber

Animal Emotions in Graeco-Roman "Popular" Science and Philosophy and Imaginative Genres / Stephen T. Newmyer

Sed ille qui oculos centum habet, si venerit: On Anthropomorphization, Focalization, and Morals in Ancient Fables and the New Testament / Ursula Gärtner

Part III: The New Testament. A Poultry Prophet: The Chicken Wings of Jesus in Matthew 23:37b / Luke 13:34b / J. Andrew Doole

How Are the Children Before the Dogs? Reading Jesus' Encounter with the Greek Syrophoenician Woman within Ancient Child-Dog Symbolism / John Van Maaren

The Choice to Untie a Donkey, Ox, or "Daughter of Abraham" in Luke 13:10-17 / Emma Swai

Sheep and Their Keepers: A Survey of Their Real-World and Metaphorical Value in the New Testament / Ursula Ulrike Kaiser

The Lamb Must Die, but Why? The Johannine Humanimal and the Soteriological Slaughterhouse / Stephen D. Moore

"Animal Liberation" in John? How Jesus Set Free the Enslaved Sacrificial Sheep / Ruben Zimmermann

"Is God Concerned with Oxen?" (1 Corinthians 9:9-10): Why Paul Is Right That Deuteronomy 25:4 Is Not About the Ethical Treatment of Animals / Joel White

Of Men, Dogs, and "Mutilated Monsters": Paul's Use of Dehumanizing Terminology in Philippians 3:2 and Beyond / Gregory E. Lamb

Straight from the Horse's Mouth? Mute Horses in the New Testament from a Human-Animal Studies Perspective / Susanne Luther

The Diabolical Lion in 1 Peter 5:8 and Early Jewish and Christian Literature / Noel Cheong

Where Are the Animals in the End? Making Sheep Impact on the Apocalypse / Michelle Fletcher

Part IV: Early Christian Contexts. Jesus the Serpent and Other Animals in the Epistle of Barnabas / Travis Proctor

The Transmigration of Souls, and the Impediment of the Body: An Early Christian Debate About Whether Animals Can See God (Justin Martyr, Dialogue With Trypho 3.7-4.7)

Jonathan H. Young

Roaming with Antelopes, Suckling Hyenas: Animals in Egyptian Ascetic and Monastic Texts / Ingvild Sælid Gilhus.

Part I: Introduction and orientation. Introduction: The animal turn and the New Testament crossroads / Justin David Strong

Reacclimating to the environment : where are the New Testament animals and why do they matter? / Justin David Strong

Part II: Classical contexts. Do non-human animals have Λόγος? : perspectives from the New Testament and late Stoicism in comparison / Hedwig Schmalzgruber

Animal emotions in Graeco-Roman "popular" science and philosophy and imaginative genres / Stephen T. Newmyer

Sed ille qui oculos centum habet, si venerit : on anthropomorphization, focalization, and morals in ancient fables and the New Testament / Ursula Gärtner

Part III: The New Testament. A poultry prophet : the chicken wings of Jesus in Matthew 23:37b/Luke 13:34b / J. Andrew Doole

How are the children before the dogs? : reading Jesus' encounter with the Greek Syrophoenician woman within ancient child-dog symbolism / John Van Maaren

The choice to untie a donkey, ox, or "daughter of Abraham" in Luke 13:10-17 / Emma Swai

Sheep and their keepers : a survey of their real-world and metaphorical value in the New Testament / Ursula Ulrike Kaiser

The lamb must die, but why? : the Johannine humanimal and the soteriological slaughterhouse / Stephen D. Moore

"Animal liberation" in John? how Jesus set free the enslaved sacrificial sheep / Ruben Zimmermann

"Is God concerned with oxen?" (1 Corinthians 9:9-10) : why Paul Is right that Deuteronomy 25:4 is not about the ethical treatment of animals / Joel White

Of men, dogs, and "mumilated Monsters" : Paul's use of dehumanizing terminology in Philippians 3:2 and beyond / Gregory E. Lamb

Straight from the horse's mouth? : mute horses in the New Testament from a human-animal studies perspective / Susanne Luther

The diabolical lion in 1 Peter 5:8 and early Jewish and Christian literature / Noel Cheong

Where are the animals in the end? : making sheep impact on the Apocalypse / Michelle Fletcher

Part IV: Early Christian Contexts. Jesus the serpent and other animals in the Epistle of Barnabas / Travis Proctor

The transmigration of souls, and the impediment of the body : an early Christian debate about whether animals can see God (Justin Martyr, Dialogue With Trypho 3.7-4.7) / Jonathan H. Young

Roaming with antelopes, suckling hyenas : animals in Egyptian ascetic and monastic texts / Ingvild Sælid Gilhus.

Notes:

Includes bibliographic references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780567715821

0567715825

OCLC:

1528630793

Publisher Number:

CIPO000251792