Document Type

Response or Comment

Publication Date

1982

Abstract

This paper surveys the role of animal imagery in the literature of the Old Testament and in post-biblical Jewish literature, discusses biblical materials that speak to the relation of humankind to animals, and assesses the subsequent use of these traditions to support or negate specific attitudes toward the natural environment.

Comments

This paper is adapted from an oral presentation made in Spring 1981 to the School of Veterinary Medicine of Washington State University in a new course designed by Dean Leo K. Bustad entitled "Reverence for Life."

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