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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Main Author: Olyan, Saul M. 1959- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: New York, NY Oxford University Press 2023
In:Year: 2023
Reviews:New Directions for Thinking about the Bible and Nonhuman Animals (2024) (Millar, Suzanna, 1991 -)
Series/Journal:Oxford scholarship online
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B Religion & beliefs
B Religion
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
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic