In the eye of the animal : zoological imagination in ancient Christianity /

In the Eye of the Animal: Zoological Imagination in Ancient Christianity complicates the role of animals in early Christian thought by showing how ancient texts and images celebrated a continuum of human and animal life.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Miller, Patricia Cox, 1947- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2018]
Series:Divinations.
Subjects:
30-600
Animals > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Animals > Symbolic aspects > Christianity.
Animals (Philosophy)
Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Animaux (Philosophie)
Église > Histoire > ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
NATURE > Animals > General.
NATURE > Animals > Wildlife.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > General.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
Animals > Religious aspects > Christianity
Church history > Primitive and early church
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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

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