Ethical View of Human-Animal Relations in the Ancient Near East (e-bog) af Breier, Idan
Breier, Idan (forfatter)

Ethical View of Human-Animal Relations in the Ancient Near East e-bog

875,33 DKK (inkl. moms 1094,16 DKK)
Exploring the earliest literary evidence for human-animal relations, this volume presents and analyzes biblical and Mesopotamian (Sumerian, Assyrian, and Babylonian) sources from the third millennium BCE through to the consolidation of the biblical literature in the first millennium BCE. Key Features:Provides the first comprehensive study of these texts from an ethical perspective.Examines prov...
E-bog 875,33 DKK
Forfattere Breier, Idan (forfatter)
Udgivet 19 oktober 2022
Genrer Bioethics
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9783031124051
Exploring the earliest literary evidence for human-animal relations, this volume presents and analyzes biblical and Mesopotamian (Sumerian, Assyrian, and Babylonian) sources from the third millennium BCE through to the consolidation of the biblical literature in the first millennium BCE. Key Features:Provides the first comprehensive study of these texts from an ethical perspective.Examines proverbs, popular aphorisms, myths, epic literature, wisdom literature, historiography, prophecy, and law codes.Applies methodology from current contemporary biblical and ancient Near Eastern scholarship and human-animal ethics, thereby raising new questions that lead to fresh insights.An Ethical View of Human Animal-Relations in the Ancient Near East is essential reading for scholars and graduate students of animal ethics, applied ethics and biblical studies.