Impious Dogs Haughty Foxes And Exquisite Fish

Author : Tristan Schmidt,Johannes Pahlitzsch
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110576412

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Impious Dogs, Haughty Foxes and Exquisite Fish by Tristan Schmidt,Johannes Pahlitzsch Pdf

This volume is dedicated to the topic of the human evaluation and interpretation of animals in ancient and medieval cultures. From a transcultural perspective contributions from Assyriology, Byzantine Studies, Classical Archaeology, Egyptology, German Medieval Studies and Jewish History look into the processes and mechanisms behind the transfer by people of certain values to animals, and the functions these animal-signs have within written, pictorial and performative forms of expression.

Author : Bernardo Urbani,Dionisios Youlatos,Andrzej T. Antczak
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781108803274

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World Archaeoprimatology by Bernardo Urbani,Dionisios Youlatos,Andrzej T. Antczak Pdf

Archaeoprimatology intertwines archaeology and primatology to understand the ancient liminal relationships between humans and nonhuman primates. During the last decade, novel studies have boosted this discipline. This edited volume is the first compendium of archaeoprimatological studies ever produced. Written by a culturally diverse group of scholars, with multiple theoretical views and methodological perspectives, it includes new zooarchaeological examinations and material culture evaluations, as well as innovative uses of oral and written sources. Themes discussed comprise the survey of past primates as pets, symbolic mediators, prey, iconographic references, or living commodities. The book covers different regions of the world, from the Americas to Asia, along with studies from Africa and Europe. Temporally, the chapters explore the human-nonhuman primate interface from deep in time to more recent historical times, covering both extinct and extant primate taxa. This anthology of archaeoprimatological studies will be of interest to archaeologists, primatologists, anthropologists, art historians, paleontologists, conservationists, zoologists, historical ecologists, philologists, and ethnobiologists.

Author : Saul M. Olyan,Jordan D. Rosenblum
Publisher : SBL Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021-08-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781951498849

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Animals and the Law in Antiquity by Saul M. Olyan,Jordan D. Rosenblum Pdf

Animal law has become a topic of growing importance internationally, with animal welfare and animal rights often assuming center stage in contemporary debates about the legal status of animals. While nonspecialists routinely decontextualize ancient texts to support or deny rights to animals, experts in fields such as classics, biblical studies, Assyriology, Egyptology, rabbinics, and late antique Christianity have only just begun to engage the topic of animals and the law in their respective areas. This volume consists of original studies by scholars from a range of Mediterranean and West Asian fields on a variety of topics at the intersection of animals and the law in antiquity. Contributors include Rozenn Bailleul-LeSuer, Beth Berkowitz, Andrew McGowan, F. S. Naiden, Saul M. Olyan, Seth Richardson, Jordan D. Rosenblum, Andreas Schüle, Miira Tuominen, and Daniel Ullucci. The volume is essential reading for scholars and students of both the ancient world and contemporary law.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 531 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2022-11-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004527089

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A Companion to the Intellectual Life of the Palaeologan Period by Anonim Pdf

Focuses on the scholarly interests of the intellectual elites during the last two centuries of Byzantium and the cultural environment in which they flourished, as well as the interaction between secular and church circles in Constantinople, Thessaloniki, Athos and beyond.

Author : Ryan D. Collman
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2023-06-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110981728

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The Apostle to the Foreskin by Ryan D. Collman Pdf

This volume offers a comprehensive examination of circumcision and foreskin in the undisputed Pauline epistles. Historically, Paul's discourse on circumcision has been read through the lens of Paul's supposed abandonment of Judaism and conversion to 'Christianity.' Recent scholarship on Paul, however, has challenged the idea that Paul ever abandoned Judaism. In the context of this revisionist reading of Paul, Ryan Collman argues that Paul never repudiates, redefines, or replaces circumcision. Rather, Paul's discourse on circumcision (and foreskin) is shaped by his understanding of ethnicity and his bifurcation of humanity into the categories of Jews and the nations—the circumcision and the foreskin. Collman argues that Paul does not deny the continuing validity (and importance) of circumcision for Jewish followers of Jesus, but categorically refuses that gentile believers can undergo circumcision. By reading this language in its historical, rhetorical, epistolary, and ethnic contexts, Collman offers a number of new readings of difficult Pauline texts (e.g., Rom 4:9–12; Gal 5:1–4; Phil 3:2–3).

Author : Saul M. Olyan
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780197609408

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Animal Rights and the Hebrew Bible by Saul M. Olyan Pdf

Does the Hebrew Bible ascribe an implicit form of legal personhood or legal rights to animals? If so, which animals--domesticated or wild, or both--receive which rights, and for what purpose? Scholars have been slow to consider these questions, and animal-oriented research as a whole, in the field of biblical studies. For the first time, author Saul M. Olyan addresses these questions in detail and explores how the evidence of the Hebrew Bible might contribute to contemporary debates about animal rights in the academy, in the courts, in the public square, and in religious communities. In this book, Olyan demonstrates that seven different biblical texts extend both legal personhood and rights to animals. The rights conferred upon them are mainly specific and situational, and the legal personhood associated them is in most cases best characterized as limited. Nonetheless, he argues that the animal rights described by these texts are genuine because they are not contingent on the needs or demands of others, they do not disappear or give way because of conflict with the interests of another legal person, and they may not be violated with impunity. Finally, Olyan considers how the biblical texts examined in his analyses might be used to extend or strengthen the arguments of those advocating for animals in judicial, academic, political, or religious settings.

Author : Ashleigh Green
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2023-03-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000842074

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Birds in Roman Life and Myth by Ashleigh Green Pdf

This book explores the place of birds in Roman myth and everyday life, focusing primarily on the transitional period of 100 BCE to 100 CE within the Italian peninsula. A diverse range of topics is considered in order to build a broad overview of the subject. Beginning with an appraisal of omens, augury, and auspices – including the ‘sacred chickens’ consulted by generals before battle – it goes on to examine how Romans farmed birds, hunted them, and kept them as pets. It demonstrates how the ownership and consumption of birds were used to communicate status and prestige, and how bird consumption mirrored wider economic and social trends. Each topic adopts an interdisciplinary approach, considering literary evidence alongside art, material culture, zooarchaeology, and modern ornithological knowledge. The inclusion of zooarchaeology adds another dimension to the work and highlights the value of using animals and faunal remains to interpret the past. Studying the Roman view of birds offers great insight into how they conceived of their relationship with the gods and how they stratified and organised their society. This book is a valuable resource for bird lovers and researchers alike, particularly those studying animals in the ancient world.

Author : Edward Payson Evans
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Animals in art
ISBN : STANFORD:36105010398472

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Animal Symbolism in Ecclesiastical Architecture by Edward Payson Evans Pdf

Author : Gerald of Wales
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2006-06-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780141915562

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The History and Topography of Ireland by Gerald of Wales Pdf

Gerald of Wales was among the most dynamic and fascinating churchmen of the twelfth century. A member of one of the leading Norman families involved in the invasion of Ireland, he first visited there in 1183 and later returned in the entourage of Henry II. The resulting Topographia Hiberniae is an extraordinary account of his travels. Here he describes landscapes, fish, birds and animals; recounts the history of Ireland's rulers; and tells fantastical stories of magic wells and deadly whirlpools, strange creatures and evil spirits. Written from the point of view of an invader and reformer, this work has been rightly criticized for its portrait of a primitive land, yet it is also one of the most important sources for what is known of Ireland during the Middle Ages.

Author : Pieter de la Court
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1746
Category : Fisheries
ISBN : COLUMBIA:0114482789

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The True Interest and Political Maxims, of the Republic of Holland by Pieter de la Court Pdf

Author : Radclyffe Hall
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 716 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781473374089

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The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Pdf

This early work by Radclyffe Hall was originally published in 1928 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Well of Loneliness' is a novel that follows an upper-class Englishwoman who falls in love with another woman while serving as an ambulance driver in World War I. Marguerite Radclyffe Hall was born on 12th August 1880, in Bournemouth, England. Hall's first novel The Unlit Lamp (1924) was a lengthy and grim tale that proved hard to sell. It was only published following the success of the much lighter social comedy The Forge (1924), which made the best-seller list of John O'London's Weekly. Hall is a key figure in lesbian literature for her novel The Well of Loneliness (1928). This is her only work with overt lesbian themes and tells the story of the life of a masculine lesbian named Stephen Gordon.

Author : Lord Henry Home Kames
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1779
Category : Civilization
ISBN : OXFORD:400216244

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Sketches of the History of Man by Lord Henry Home Kames Pdf

Author : Martial
Publisher : Purdue University Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015001600744

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Epigrams from Martial by Martial Pdf

Author : Mary Wollstonecraft
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06-07
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780486115542

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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft Pdf

In an era of revolutions demanding greater liberties for mankind, Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797) was an ardent feminist who spoke eloquently for countless women of her time.

Author : Athenaeus,Charles Duke Yonge
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1854
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB10435709

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The Deipnosophists Or Banquet of the Learned of Athenaeus by Athenaeus,Charles Duke Yonge Pdf

This monumental work of ancient Greek literature, compiled in the 3rd century AD, is an encyclopedic compendium of knowledge, entertainment, and gossip. In this edition, translated and annotated by Charles Duke Yonge, readers will find fascinating insights into everything from ancient cookery to music theory. An essential resource for classicists and historians. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.