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Author Vasantha Rao, Chilkuri.

Title Animal rights and animal laws in the Bible : the daily practice of reverence for life / Chilkuri Vasantha Rao ; with a foreword by Klaus Koch
Published Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (386 pages)
Contents ANIMAL RIGHTS AND ANIMAL LAWS IN THE BIBLE: The Daily Practice of Reverence for Life; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Chapter-One; Chapter-Two; Chapter-Three; Abbreviations; Bibliography
Summary What characterizes the proper ethical treatment of animals as outlined in the Old Testament? Animals play an important role in the Old Testament, and in particular the Pentateuch. Ritual sacrifices were a part of the ancient traditions, and there are rules written into the laws that pertain to this practice as well as the religious approach to animals and nature. In the oft quoted passage from Genesis the call is to not only be fruitful and multiply, but to reign over the earth and subdue it along with the animals that God created. The author explores the fallout of an anthropocentric way of a
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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SUBJECT Bible. Pentateuch -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013789
Bible. Pentateuch fast
Subject Animal welfare -- Biblical teaching
Animal welfare (Jewish law)
RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Old Testament.
Animal welfare -- Biblical teaching
Animal welfare (Jewish law)
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780773418349
0773418342