Animals, Gods And Humans Changing Attitudes to Animals in Greek, Roman And Early Christian Ideas

Consulting a wide range of key texts and source material, Animals, Gods and Humans covers 800 yearsand provides a detailedanalysis of early Christian attitudes to, and the position of, animals in Greek and Roman life and thought. Both the pagan and Christian conceptions of animals are rich and multilayered, and Ingvild Salid Gilhus expertly examines the dominant themes and developments in the conception of animals. Including study of: biographies of figures suchas Apollonus of Tyana; natural history; the New Testament via Gnostic texts; the church fathers; and from pagan and Christian criticism of animal sacrifice, to the acts of martyrs, the source material and detailed analysis included in this volume make it a veritable feast of information for all classicists.Gilhus, Ingvild Sælid is the author of 'Animals, Gods And Humans Changing Attitudes to Animals in Greek, Roman And Early Christian Ideas', published 2006 under ISBN 9780415386500 and ISBN 0415386500.