Animals Gods and Humans

<p>Consulting a wide range of key texts and source material <em>Animals Gods and Humans </em>covers 800 years and provides a detailed analysis of early Christian attitudes to and the position of animals in Greek and Roman life and thought.</p><p>Both the pagan and Christian conceptions of animals are rich and multilayered and Ingvild Sælid Gilhus expertly examines the dominant themes and developments in the conception of animals.</p><p>Including study of: biographies of figures such as 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.</p>