animals, gods and humans - changing attitudes to animals in greek, roman and early christian ideas 2006英文电子图书

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1、ANIMALS,GODSANDHUMANSIngvildSælidGilhusexploresthetransitionfromtraditionalGreekandRomanreligiontoChristianityintheRomanEmpireandtheeffectofthischangeonhowanimalswereregarded,illustratingthemainfactorsinthecreationofaChristianconceptionofanimals.Oneoftheunderlyingassump-tionsofthebookisthatchan

2、gesinthewayanimalmotifsareusedandthewayhuman–animalrelationsareconceptualizedserveasindicatorsofmoregeneralculturalshifts.Gilhusatteststhatinlateantiquity,animalswereusedassymbolsinageneralredefinitionofculturalvaluesandassumptions.Awiderangeofkeytextsareconsulted,rangingfromphilosophicaltrea-t

3、isestonovelsandpoemsonmetamorphoses;frombiographiesofholymensuchasApolloniusofTyanaandAntony,theChristiandesertascetic,tonaturalhistory;fromtheNewTestamentviaGnostictextstotheChurchfathers;frompaganandChristiancriticismofanimalsacrificetotheactsofthemartyrs.BoththepaganandtheChristianconception

4、ofanimalsremainedrichandmulti-layeredthroughthecenturies,andthisbookpresentsthedominantthemesanddevelopmentsintheconceptionofanimalswithoutlosingthatcomplexity.IngvildSælidGilhusisprofessoroftheHistoryofReligionsattheUniversityofBergen.HerpublicationsincludeLaughingGods,WeepingVirgins(Routledge

5、1997).ANIMALS,GODSANDHUMANSChangingAttitudestoAnimalsinGreek,RomanandEarlyChristianIdeasIngvildSælidGilhusFirstpublished2006byRoutledge2ParkSquare,MiltonPark,Abingdon,Oxon0X144RNSimultaneouslypublishedintheUSAandCanadabyRoutledge270MadisonAve,NewYork,NY10016RoutledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&Franc

6、isGroup©2006IngvildSælidGilhusThiseditionpublishedintheTaylor&Francise-Library,2006.“TopurchaseyourowncopyofthisoranyofTaylor&FrancisorRoutledge’scollectionofthousandsofeBookspleasegotowww.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.”Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedorreproducedorutilisedinanyformorb

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