Early Christians and Animals

by Robert McQueen Grant and Robert M. Grant

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415518873
• ISBN13: 9780415518871
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"