Animals in the New Testament

Justin David Strong is Associate Professor of New Testament at MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society; Principal Investigator of "The Ancient Fable Tradition and Early Christian Literature" DFG Project at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz; and Research Associate at the New Testament and Related Literature Dept., University of Pretoria. Ruben Zimmermann is University Professor of New Testament on the Faculty of Protestant Theology at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsPart I: Introduction and OrientationIntroductionThe Animal Turn and the New Testament CrossroadsJustin David Strong Chapter 1Reacclimating to the Environment: Where Are the New Testament Animals and Why Do They Matter?Justin David StrongPart II: Classical ContextsChapter 2Do Non-Human Animals Have Perspectives from the New Testament and Late Stoicism in ComparisonHedwig SchmalzgruberChapter 3Animal Emotions in Graeco-Roman “Popular” Science and Philosophy and Imaginative GenresStephen T. NewmyerChapter 4Sed ille qui oculos centum habet, si venerit: On Anthropomorphization, Focalization, and Morals in Ancient Fables and the New TestamentUrsula GärtnerPart III: The New TestamentChapter 5A Poultry Prophet: The Chicken Wings of Jesus in Matthew 23:37b / Luke 13:34bJ. Andrew Doole Chapter 6How Are the Children Before the Dogs? Reading Jesus’ Encounter with the Greek Syrophoenician Woman within Ancient Child–Dog SymbolismJohn Van MaarenChapter 7The Choice to Untie a Donkey, Ox, or “Daughter of Abraham” in Luke 13:10-17Emma SwaiChapter 8Sheep and Their Keepers: A Survey of Their Real-World and Metaphorical Value in the New TestamentUrsula Ulrike KaiserChapter 9The Lamb Must Die, but Why? The Johannine Humanimal and the Soteriological SlaughterhouseStephen D. MooreChapter 10“Animal Liberation” in John? How Jesus Set Free the Enslaved Sacri?cial SheepRuben ZimmermannChapter 11“Is God Concerned with Oxen?” (1 Corinthians 9:9-10): Why Paul Is Right That Deuteronomy 25:4 Is Not About the Ethical Treatment of AnimalsJoel WhiteChapter 12Of Men, Dogs, and “Mutilated Monsters”: Paul’s Use of Dehumanizing Terminology in Philippians 3:2 and BeyondGregory E. LambChapter 13Straight from the Horse’s Mouth? Mute Horses in the New Testament from a Human-Animal Studies PerspectiveSusanne LutherChapter 14The Diabolical Lion in 1 Peter 5:8 and Early Jewish and Christian LiteratureNoel Cheong Chapter 15Where Are the Animals in the End? Making Sheep Impact on the ApocalypseMichelle FletcherPart IV: Early Christian ContextsChapter 16Jesus the Serpent and Other Animals in the Epistle of BarnabasTravis ProctorChapter 17The Transmigration of Souls, and the Impediment of the Body: An Early Christian Debate About Whether Animals Can See God (Justin Martyr, Dialogue With Trypho 3.7–4.7)Jonathan H. YoungChapter 18Roaming with Antelopes, Suckling Hyenas: Animals in Egyptian Ascetic and Monastic TextsIngvild Sælid Gilhus BibliographyIndex

This volume fulfils its task of opening up a broader discourse on animals in the New Testament. The diversity of approaches taken by the authors and the coverage of texts from various parts of the corpus (and beyond) provide a meaningful point of reference for further study.