Animal rights and the Hebrew Bible

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? Author Saul M. Olyan addresses these questions in detail and explores how the evidence of the Hebrew Bible...

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Autore principale: Olyan, Saul M. 1959- (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Elettronico Libro
Lingua:Inglese
Servizio "Subito": Ordinare ora.
Verificare la disponibilità: HBZ Gateway
WorldCat: WorldCat
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Pubblicazione: New York, NY Oxford University Press 2023
In:Anno: 2023
Recensioni:New Directions for Thinking about the Bible and Nonhuman Animals (2024) (Millar, Suzanna, 1991 -)
Periodico/Rivista:Oxford scholarship online
Notazioni IxTheo:HB Antico Testamento
Altre parole chiave:B Religion & beliefs
B Religione
B Bible. Old Testament Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Animal Rights Biblical teaching
B Animals in the Bible
B Animal Rights Religious aspects Judaism
B Animal welfare Religious aspects Judaism
Accesso online: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Edizione parallela:Non elettronico
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Riepilogo: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? 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.
Descrizione del documento:Also issued in print: 2023. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 24, 2023)
Descrizione fisica:1 online resource.
ISBN:0197609414
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780197609385.001.0001