Animal Kingdom of Heaven Anthropozoological Aspects in the Late Antique World

The essays collected in this volume apply an interdisciplinary approach to explore aspects of the relationship between animal and human in late antiquity. With a focus on ways that anthropozoological connections were defined in the emergent Christian religious discourse of the epoch, the authors con...

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Main Author: Schaaf, Ingo
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2019
Series:Millennium-Studien / Millennium Studies
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Summary:The essays collected in this volume apply an interdisciplinary approach to explore aspects of the relationship between animal and human in late antiquity. With a focus on ways that anthropozoological connections were defined in the emergent Christian religious discourse of the epoch, the authors contribute to our understanding of a thematic area largely neglected in previous research.
Item Description:Creative Commons (cc), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (161 p.)
ISBN:9783110603064
9783110602357
9783110601596