Eden's Other Residents: The Bible and Animals

by Michael J. Gilmour

Book Overview

The Bible teems with nonhuman life, from its opening pages with God's creation of animals on the same day and out of the same earth as humans to its closing apocalyptic scenes of horses riding out of the sky. Animals are Adam's companions, Noah's shipmates, and Elijah's saviors. They are at the center of ancient Israel's religious life as sacrifices and yet, as Job discovers, beyond human dominion. It is an animal that saves Balaam from certain death...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1610973321
• ISBN13: 9781610973328
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Cascade Books
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"