Patrick Hunt

In this special event talk, Patrick Hunt shares reflections from his book The Fable of the Biblical Animals, exploring the deep history of animal fables from ancient Egypt to Aesop and biblical storytelling.

Drawing from time spent writing in a monastery in Switzerland, Hunt discusses the beloved story of Balaam’s donkey and the wisdom, subtlety, and intelligence animals embody in literature and tradition. Blending scholarship, humor, and storytelling, this talk invites us to reconsider how animals communicate and what we might learn from them.