What Animals Teach us About Families: Kinship and Species in the Bible and Rabbinic Literature
Kinship and Species in the Bible and Rabbinic Literature
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What Animals Teach Us About Families: Kinship and Species in the Bible and Rabbinic Literature examines the representation and significance of animals within the Bible and Rabbinic literature.
Beth Berkowitz explores the bonds that animals form with each other and reimagines family to include new forms of life and alternative modes of kinship.
Examining the four 'animal family' laws of the Bible alongside their rabbinic interpretations from ancient times to today.
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.
Beth Berkowitz explores the bonds that animals form with each other and reimagines family to include new forms of life and alternative modes of kinship.
Examining the four 'animal family' laws of the Bible alongside their rabbinic interpretations from ancient times to today.
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.
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Beth A. Berkowitz, "What Animals Teach us About Families: Kinship and Species in the Bible and Rabbinic Literature" (U California Press, 2026)
