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• ISBN 10:3031124057
• ISBN 13:9783031124051
• Author:Idan Breier
An Ethical View of Human-Animal Relations in the Ancient Near East
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.
An Ethical View of Human-Animal Relations in the Ancient Near East 1st Table of contents:
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Front Matter
1. Introduction
2. Fauna in Ancient Sumerian Proverbs: The Role Animals Played in Shaping Southern Mesopotamian Social Norms and Conventions
3. Sumerian Faunal Fables: Talking Animals and Educational Lessons
4. Human Relations with the Animal Kingdom in Mesopotamian Literary Genres
5. Animals in Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Law Codes
6. Human-Animal Relations in Biblical Narrative and Historiography
7. Human-Animal Relations in Classical Prophecy
8. The Place and Role of Animals in the Psalms and Biblical Wisdom Literature
9. Conclusion
Back Matter
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