Early Christians and Animals
| By: | Robert M. Grant |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Print ISBN: | 9780415202046 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781134633746 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 1999 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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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.