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Taming the Beast: Human-Animal Encounters in the Bible (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9798385243990)
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xDiscover the compelling exploration of humanity's role as the Bible's supreme predator: the only species God describes as "prone to evil from youth" and not as "the Crown of Creation." Yet humans continue today--as in biblical days--to attribute unrivaled human ferocity to the way of predatory animals.
Taming the Beast illustrates how the Bible seeks to tame and curb these human destructive tendencies, while highlighting the collateral damage biblical animals suffer due to human corruption. At the same time, Taming the Beast unveils the Bible's view of the essential equality between humans and animals, spotlighting how animal motherhood has a human quality and how animals often act as inspiring role models for humans. This book examines humanity's irrational fear of wild animals and delves into God's controversial permission for post-flood meat consumption, even as the Bible discourages making meat a staple food.
With innovative perspectives and fresh interpretations, Taming the Beast invites readers to reconsider iconic and familiar stories through its innovative approach and to gain a deeper understanding of the biblical animal kingdom. Isaiah's daring vision of restored and improved human-animal harmony, existing from creation through the flood, beckons the reader for a grand finale.
Author: Yossi Feintuch
ISBN-13: 9798385243990
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Language: English
Published: 03/02/2026
Pages: 234
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.07lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d
Taming the Beast illustrates how the Bible seeks to tame and curb these human destructive tendencies, while highlighting the collateral damage biblical animals suffer due to human corruption. At the same time, Taming the Beast unveils the Bible's view of the essential equality between humans and animals, spotlighting how animal motherhood has a human quality and how animals often act as inspiring role models for humans. This book examines humanity's irrational fear of wild animals and delves into God's controversial permission for post-flood meat consumption, even as the Bible discourages making meat a staple food.
With innovative perspectives and fresh interpretations, Taming the Beast invites readers to reconsider iconic and familiar stories through its innovative approach and to gain a deeper understanding of the biblical animal kingdom. Isaiah's daring vision of restored and improved human-animal harmony, existing from creation through the flood, beckons the reader for a grand finale.
Author: Yossi Feintuch
ISBN-13: 9798385243990
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Language: English
Published: 03/02/2026
Pages: 234
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.07lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d
By Yossi Feintuch
xYossi Feintuch was ordained a "Rabbi" by the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in 1994; in 2019, he received from this institution the degree of Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa. During his Rabbinic career Rabbi Feintuch has served congregations on the island of Curacao, in Columbia, Mo, in Bend, Or, and in Yuma, Az.
He received academic degrees from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem (B.A. in International Relations and History), New York University (M.A. in History), and Emory University (Ph.D. in U.S. History). Dr. Feintuch is also the author of U.S. Policy on Jerusalem (Greenwood Press) and of numerous articles on biblical themes in various print and digital publications. He presently blogs here: Yossi Feintuch, at The Blogs (https: //blogs.timesofisrael.com/author/yossi-feintuch/).
Rabbi Feintuch taught in several academic institutions, including Ben-Gurion University (Beersheba, Israel), and the University of Missouri (Columbia, MO).
He received academic degrees from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem (B.A. in International Relations and History), New York University (M.A. in History), and Emory University (Ph.D. in U.S. History). Dr. Feintuch is also the author of U.S. Policy on Jerusalem (Greenwood Press) and of numerous articles on biblical themes in various print and digital publications. He presently blogs here: Yossi Feintuch, at The Blogs (https: //blogs.timesofisrael.com/author/yossi-feintuch/).
Rabbi Feintuch taught in several academic institutions, including Ben-Gurion University (Beersheba, Israel), and the University of Missouri (Columbia, MO).
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