Human Relationship With Animals Reading the Book of Tobit in the Light of Christian Tradition

In this paper we argue that the Book of Tobit, by presenting a new model of companionship between a human being and a dog, constitutes a vision of a future era, where humans and animals will live as fellows rather than rivals. In so doing we focus on the reading of the Holy Scriptures placing emphas...

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Main Authors: Gianfranco Nicora, Alma Massaro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: LED Edizioni Universitarie 2013-11-01
Series:Relations
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Online Access:http://www.ledonline.it/index.php/Relations/article/view/17