Summary: Analysis Of Animals And Our Relationship To Us By Mr. Sherman

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Mr. Phillips Sherman argued, in his excerpt, Animals and Our Relationship To Them as Outlined in Genesis, that readers of the Hebrew Bible, should recognize the full range of views concerning animals and their lives within in the pages. Mr. Shermans argument focused on the ideology behind animal hierarchies in Genesis 1:26-28. Mr. Sherman defended his argument, when he mentioned the serpent that mislead Adam and Eve. He explained that the mention of the serpent actually showed that animals are not part of the ideologist hierarchy. This statement of the serpent helped Mr. Sherman prove his argument, because in the Bible the serpent is deceiving Adam and Eve. When deceiving Adam and Eve the servant is made to seem more powerful than they are

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