Title An ethical view of human-animal relations in the ancient Near East / Idan Breier

Published Cham : Springer, [2022] ©2022

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 254 pages) Series Palgrave Macmillan animal ethics series Palgrave Macmillan animal ethics series. Contents Intro -- Series Editors' Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Contents -- 1: Introduction -- Bibliography -- 2: Fauna in Ancient Sumerian Proverbs: The Role Animals Played in Shaping Southern Mesopotamian Social Norms and Conventions -- The Sumerian Proverb Collections -- Wild Animals in the Sumerian Proverbs and the Educational Lessons They Convey -- Domesticated Animals in the Sumerian Proverbs and the Education Messages They Convey -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 3: Sumerian Faunal Fables: Talking Animals and Educational Lessons -- Introduction -- The Fables -- Conclusion The Disparities Between Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Law -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 6: Human-Animal Relations in Biblical Narrative and Historiography -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 7: Human-Animal Relations in Classical Prophecy -- Introduction -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 8: The Place and Role of Animals in the Psalms and Biblical Wisdom Literature -- Introduction -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 9: Conclusion -- Index Summary 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. Idan Breier is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 31, 2022) Subject Animal welfare -- Middle East -- History -- To 1500 Human-animal relationships -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Middle East -- History -- To 1500 Animal welfare Antiquities Civilization Human-animal relationships -- Moral and ethical aspects SUBJECT Middle East -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90004414 Middle East -- Civilization -- To 1500 Subject Middle East Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9783031124051 3031124057

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