Early Christians And Animals

Early Christians and Animals presents a lively study of the significance of animals in early Christian thought, tradition, text and art. Robert M. Grant: * examines the diverse and often conflicting sources, from the pagan antecedents Aristotle and Pliny, to Biblical animal references and the Church fathers * provides fresh translations of key texts concerning animals - the Physiologus, Basils homilies and Isidores chapters.

• | Author: Robert M. Grant
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Jan 21, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 224 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Religion
• | ISBN-10: 0415518873
• | ISBN-13: 9780415518871