Animal Kingdom of Heaven : Anthropozoological Aspects in the Late Antique World

The essays collected in this volume apply an interdisciplinary approach to explore aspects of the relationship between animal and human in late antiquity. With a focus on ways that anthropozoological connections were defined in the emergent Christian religious discourse of the epoch, the authors contribute to our understanding of a thematic area largely neglected in previous research.

Millennium transcends boundaries – between epochs and regions, and between disciplines. Like the Millennium-Jahrbuch, the journal Millennium-Studien pursues an international, interdisciplinary approach that cuts across historical eras. Composed of scholars from various disciplines, the editorial and advisory boards welcome submissions from a range of fields, including history, literary studies, art history, theology, and philosophy. Millennium-Studien also accepts manuscripts on Latin, Greek, and Oriental cultures.

In addition to offering a forum for monographs and edited collections on diverse topics, Millennium-Studien publishes commentaries and editions. The journal primary accepts publications in German and English, but also considers submissions in French, Italian, and Spanish.

If you want to submit a manuscript please send it to the editor from the most relevant discipline:

Wolfram Brandes, Frankfurt (Byzantine Studies and Early Middle Ages): brandes@rg.mpg.de

Peter von Möllendorff, Gießen (Greek language and literature): peter.v.moellendorff@klassphil.uni-giessen.de

Dennis Pausch, Dresden (Latin language and literature): dennis.pausch@tu-dresden.de

Rene Pfeilschifter, Würzburg (Ancient History): Rene.Pfeilschifter@uni-wuerzburg.de

Karla Pollmann, Bristol (Early Christianity and Patristics): K.F.L.Pollmann@bristol.ac.uk

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Zu den Forschungstrends der jüngeren Vergangenheit zählt ohne Zweifel die kulturwissenschaftliche Untersuchung von Tier-Mensch-Beziehungen, doch werden Ansätze aus den Human-Animal Studies (HAS) in den Altertumswissenschaften - und hier insbesondere für den Bereich der sogenannten "Spätantike" - vergleichsweise selten fruchtbar gemacht. Aus philologisch-historischer Perspektive helfen die Beiträge des vorliegenden Bandes dabei, diese zu diagnostizierende Unausgewogenheit der chronologischen Fokussierung zu überwinden. Von den ersten Jahrhunderten bis zur Schwelle des Mittelalters bietet der Band Einblicke in das komplexe Verhältnis von Tier und Mensch und geht dabei der facettenreichen Frage nach, wo und auf welche Weise anthropozoologische Aspekte in der zunehmend christlich werdenden spätantiken Welt zum Gegenstand der Reflexion werden konnten "The essays collected in this volume apply an interdisciplinary approach to explore aspects of the relationship between animal and human in late antiquity. With a focus on ways that anthropozoological connections were defined in the emergent Christian religious discourse of the epoch, the authors contribute to our understanding a thematic area largely neglected in previous research."-- Publisher's website