In the Eye of the Animal: Zoological Imagination in Ancient Christianity
Early Christian theology posited a strict division between animals and humans. Nevertheless, animal figures abound in early Christian literature and art—from Augustine's renowned "wonder at the agility of the mosquito on the wing," to vivid exegeses of the six days of creation detaile...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Early Christian theology posited a strict division between animals and humans. Nevertheless, animal figures abound in early Christian literature and art—from Augustine's renowned "wonder at the agility of the mosquito on the wing," to vivid exegeses of the six days of creation detailed in Genesis—and when they appear, the distinctions between human and animal are often dissolved. How, asks Patricia Cox Miller, does one account for the stunning zoological imagination found in a wide variety of genres of ancient Christian texts?In the Eye of the Animal complicates the role of animals in early Christian thought by showing how textual and artistic images and interpretive procedures actually celebrated a continuum of human and animal life. Synthesizing early Christian studies, contemporary philosophy, animal studies, ethology, and modern poetry, Miller identifies two contradictory strands in early Christian thinking about animals. The dominant thread viewed the body and soul of the human being as dominical, or the crowning achievement of creation; animals, with their defective souls, related to humans only as reminders of the brutish physical form. However, the second strand relied upon the idea of a continuum of animal life, which enabled comparisons between animals and humans. This second tendency, explains Miller, arises particularly in early Christian literature in which ascetic identity, the body, and ethics intersect. She explores the tension between these modes by tracing the image of the animal in early Christian literature, from the ethical animal behavior on display in Basil of Caesarea's Hexaemeron and the anonymous Physiologus, to the role of animals in articulating erotic desire, and from the idyllic intimacy of monks and animals in literature of desert ascetism to early Christian art that envisions paradise through human-animal symbiosis |
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| spelling | Miller, Patricia Cox Verfasser aut In the Eye of the Animal Zoological Imagination in Ancient Christianity Patricia Cox Miller Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Press [2018] © 2018 1 online resource 11 illus txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Nov 2018) Early Christian theology posited a strict division between animals and humans. Nevertheless, animal figures abound in early Christian literature and art—from Augustine's renowned "wonder at the agility of the mosquito on the wing," to vivid exegeses of the six days of creation detailed in Genesis—and when they appear, the distinctions between human and animal are often dissolved. How, asks Patricia Cox Miller, does one account for the stunning zoological imagination found in a wide variety of genres of ancient Christian texts?In the Eye of the Animal complicates the role of animals in early Christian thought by showing how textual and artistic images and interpretive procedures actually celebrated a continuum of human and animal life. Synthesizing early Christian studies, contemporary philosophy, animal studies, ethology, and modern poetry, Miller identifies two contradictory strands in early Christian thinking about animals. The dominant thread viewed the body and soul of the human being as dominical, or the crowning achievement of creation; animals, with their defective souls, related to humans only as reminders of the brutish physical form. However, the second strand relied upon the idea of a continuum of animal life, which enabled comparisons between animals and humans. This second tendency, explains Miller, arises particularly in early Christian literature in which ascetic identity, the body, and ethics intersect. She explores the tension between these modes by tracing the image of the animal in early Christian literature, from the ethical animal behavior on display in Basil of Caesarea's Hexaemeron and the anonymous Physiologus, to the role of animals in articulating erotic desire, and from the idyllic intimacy of monks and animals in literature of desert ascetism to early Christian art that envisions paradise through human-animal symbiosis In English Geschichte 100-500 gnd rswk-swf Ancient Studies Classics Religion Religious Studies Animals (Philosophy) Animals Religious aspects Christianity Animals Symbolic aspects Christianity Church history Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 Tiere Motiv (DE-588)4185464-0 gnd rswk-swf Frühchristentum (DE-588)4129954-1 gnd rswk-swf Tiere (DE-588)4060087-7 gnd rswk-swf Christliche Literatur (DE-588)4010110-1 gnd rswk-swf Tiere Motiv (DE-588)4185464-0 s Christliche Literatur (DE-588)4010110-1 s Geschichte 100-500 z 1\p DE-604 Tiere (DE-588)4060087-7 s Frühchristentum (DE-588)4129954-1 s 2\p DE-604 https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812295221 Verlag URL des Erstveröffentlichers Volltext 1\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 2\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk |
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| title | In the Eye of the Animal Zoological Imagination in Ancient Christianity |
| title_auth | In the Eye of the Animal Zoological Imagination in Ancient Christianity |
| title_exact_search | In the Eye of the Animal Zoological Imagination in Ancient Christianity |
| title_full | In the Eye of the Animal Zoological Imagination in Ancient Christianity Patricia Cox Miller |
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| title_full_unstemmed | In the Eye of the Animal Zoological Imagination in Ancient Christianity Patricia Cox Miller |
| title_short | In the Eye of the Animal |
| title_sort | in the eye of the animal zoological imagination in ancient christianity |
| title_sub | Zoological Imagination in Ancient Christianity |
| topic | Ancient Studies Classics Religion Religious Studies Animals (Philosophy) Animals Religious aspects Christianity Animals Symbolic aspects Christianity Church history Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 Tiere Motiv (DE-588)4185464-0 gnd Frühchristentum (DE-588)4129954-1 gnd Tiere (DE-588)4060087-7 gnd Christliche Literatur (DE-588)4010110-1 gnd |
| topic_facet | Ancient Studies Classics Religion Religious Studies Animals (Philosophy) Animals Religious aspects Christianity Animals Symbolic aspects Christianity Church history Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 Tiere Motiv Frühchristentum Tiere Christliche Literatur |
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