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? For the first time, author Saul M. Olyan addresses these questions in detail and explores how the evidence o...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
2023
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Reviews: | New Directions for Thinking about the Bible and Nonhuman Animals (2024) (Millar, Suzanna, 1991 -)
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| IxTheo Classification: | HA Bible |
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| Summary: | 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? For the first time, author Saul M. Olyan addresses these questions in detail and explores how the evidence of the Hebrew Bible might contribute to contemporary debates about animal rights in the academy, in the courts, in the public square, and in religious communities. Cover -- Animal Rights and the Hebrew Bible -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Legal Personhood and the Legal Rights of Animals -- Animal Rights and Animal Welfare -- The Use of the Hebrew Bible in Animal Advocacy -- The Hebrew Bible: Multiple Views, Multiple Voices -- The Biblical Notion of Rights -- The Shape of the Book -- 1. Four Legal Texts in the Hebrew Bible that Evince a Concern for Animal Rights -- Exod 23:10-11 and Exod 23:12 -- Lev 25:2-7 and Deut 5:12-15 -- Implicit Classification and the Creation of Common Classes -- Conclusion -- 2. Animals as Covenant Partners in Genesis 9:8-17 and Hosea 2:20 (Eng. 2:18) -- The Grant-like Covenants of Gen 9:8-17 and Hos 2:20 (Eng. 2:18) -- Legal Personhood and the Rights of Animals in Gen 9:8-17 and Hos 2:20 (Eng. 2:18) -- The Relationship of Gen 9:8-17 and Gen 9:2-3 -- Conclusion -- 3. Animal Culpability and Its Ramifications for Legal Status -- Duties, Culpability, and Legal Personhood -- Texts that Subject Animals to Sanctions for the Violations They Commit -- Texts in which Animals Die or Suffer for the Offenses of Human Beings -- Conclusion -- 4. Symmetry or Asymmetry According to the Law? The Case of Domesticated Animals and Human Beings -- Lev 27:1-13: Valuations for Vows -- Lev 27:28-29: Consignment to Eradication (ḥērem) -- Exod 34:19-20 and Exod 22:28b-29 (Eng. 22:29b-30): The Law of the Firstborn -- Defects (mûmîm) in Priests and Sacrificial Animals -- Axes of Inequality Among Human Beings and Among Animals -- Conclusion -- 5. Animal Welfare: The Evidence of Biblical Texts -- A Biblical Text Sharing Some Features in Common with a Contemporary Welfare Orientation -- A Comparison of Prov 12:10 and Deut 25:4. |
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| ISBN: | 0197609392 |