Human-Animal Relations in Biblical Narrative and Historiography

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Abstract

This chapter examines the ethical aspect of human-animal relations in the pentateuchal narratives and historiographical writings (Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles)—the creation stories, the account of the first generations, and the patriarchal narratives in Genesis, the Exodus, Balaam and his donkey, the Samson cycle, the return of the Ark from Philistia, the prophet from Bethel, etc.Although analyzed in light of their historical background, the texts are explored primarily from an ethical perspective, framed in the scholarly literature on human-animal ethics.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPalgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series
PublisherSpringer Nature
Pages131-173
Number of pages43
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022

Publication series

NamePalgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Aquatic Science
  • Religious studies
  • Philosophy
  • Sociology and Political Science

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