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For My Sister Heather Andrewes
who believes
Dedicated to FRANCIS OF ASSISI (1184-1226)
Patron Saint of The Animals
and in memory of
DIAN FOSSEY
Martyred in the cause of the Mountain Gorillas of Rwanda
"Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends."
Jesus of Nazareth (John 15:13)
All canonical scriptural verses and extracts are from the
HOLY BIBLE NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION
Copyright ©1973, 1978. 1984
International Bible Society
Used by permission Zondervan Bible Publishers
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The verses and extracts found in the Apocrypha are from the
NEW REVISED STANDARD VERSION BIBLE (Catholic Edition)
Copyright ©1993 and 1989
by The Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches
of Christ in the U.S.A.
Used by permission. All rights reserved.
The apocryphal verses and extracts are from
THE APOCRYPHAL OLD TESTAMENT Edited by H. F. D. Sparks 1985
&
THE APOCRYPHAL NEW TESTAMENT J. K. Elliott 1993
both by permission of Oxford University Press Walton Street, Oxford, England 0X2 6DP
All extracts from the Mishnah are from
THE MISHNAH A NEW TRANSLATION By Jacob Neusner Yale University Press New Haven and London
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INDEX
Preface Introduction
PART ONE The Animals’ Old Testament
PART TWO The Animals’ Apocrypha
PART THREE The Animals’ New Testament
PART FOUR The Animals’ Apocryphal Writings
PART FIVE Fabulous Beasts and Creatures
PART SIX The Animals’ Bible
Appendix
PREFACE
to be written by
The Reverend Professor Andrew Linzey IFAW Senior Research Fellow, Mansfield College Oxford University
Special Professor of Theology University of Nottingham
Honourary Professor Birmingham University
Special Professor St. Xavier College, Chicago, Illinois
Chaplain to the Animal Welfare Movement appointed by The Humane Society of the United States
Recipient The Peaceable Kingdom Award for outstanding work in the field of Theology and Animals
PART ONE
THE ANIMALS’ OLD TESTAMENT
"I am the LORD your God." Numbers 10:10
BOOKS QUOTED
from
The Torah or Pentateuch
(Books of Moses) Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy
The Historical Books
Joshua Judges 1 Samuel 2 Samuel 1 Kings 2 Kings Ezra Nehemiah Esther
The Books of Wisdom & Poetry
Job Psalms Proverbs Ecclesiastes Song of Songs or Song of Solomon
The Books of Prophecy
Isaiah Jeremiah Lamentations Ezekiel Daniel Hosea Joel Obadiah Jonah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah Malachi
THE TORAH (Teaching or Law) also known as
THE PENTATEUCH
or
"Books of Moses"
Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers & Deuteronomy
"I now establish my covenant with you and with your descendants after you and with every living creature…the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals…every living creature on earth."
(Genesis 9:9-10)
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