{"product_id":"what-animals-teach-us-about-beth-a-berkowitz-9780520405226","title":"What Animals Teach Us about Families: Kinship and Species in the Bible and Rabbinic Literature","description":"\u003cb\u003eReading the Bible and rabbinic literature to reimagine the bonds between animals.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Moving beyond debates about the ethics of animal consumption to focus on animals' intimate lives, Beth A. Berkowitz examines the contribution of religious traditions and sacred texts to contemporary conversations about animals. Reading the four \"animal family\" laws of the Bible alongside their rabbinic interpretations from ancient times to today, she examines the bonds that animals form with each other and reimagines family to include new forms of life and alternative modes of kinship. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Humanitarian politics--and biblical law--tend to take for granted that human interests supersede animal interests and that our moral obligation extends only to avoiding unnecessary suffering, but necessity is determined by humans. \u003ci\u003eWhat Animals Teach Us About Families\u003c\/i\u003e looks at animal emotions, animal agency, family diversity, and human response to reconsider the obligations and opportunities the animal family presents.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Beth A. Berkowitz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520405226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520405226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 271\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Beth A. Berkowitz","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46962018812159,"sku":"9780520405226","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2909fd7a-e334-4be2-a148-d19c843272e8.jpg?v=1750649070","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/what-animals-teach-us-about-beth-a-berkowitz-9780520405226","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}