Ethical View of Human-Animal Relations in the Ancient Near East e-bog
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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
Forlag
Palgrave Macmillan
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.