In the Eye of the Animal : Zoological Imagination in Ancient Christianity /

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Early Christian theology posited a strict division between animals and humans. Nevertheless, animal figures abound in early Christian literature and art-from Augustine's renowned "wonder at the agility of the mosquito on the wing," to vivid exegeses of the six days of creation detaile...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Miller, Patricia Cox (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2018]
Colección:Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion
Temas:
Animals (Philosophy).
Animals > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Animals > Symbolic aspects > Christianity.
Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Electronic books.
RELIGION / Christianity / History.
Ancient Studies.
Classics.
Religion.
Religious Studies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Animals and Figuration: The Case of Birds
  • Chapter 2. The Pensivity of Animals, I: Zoomorphism
  • Chapter 3. The Pensivity of Animals, II: Anthropomorphism
  • Chapter 4. Wild Animals: Desert Ascetics and Their Companions
  • Chapter 5. Small Things: The Vibrant Materiality of Tiny Creatures
  • Afterword
  • Appendix: Ancient Christian and Other Authors
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments

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