Full Description
This is a literary-critical analysis of the myth of Cain and Abel, masterfully related in Genesis 4 by the Yahwist, probably the greatest storyteller in the Hebrew Bible. The Yahwist narrates the initial slaughter of one human being by another, and strikingly, it is described as fratricidal. The book explores the anthropological, theological, and psychological dimensions of this universal myth and shows the readers such a vivid and intense story that one feels like will never get to the bottom of it. Thus, after a deep reading, this well known story is much more than what could seem at first sight; it can be said to be the portrait of human that is always torn between the innocence of Eden and its denial; between what is considered 'doing well' and 'not doing well'.
Contents
Abbreviations; Introduction; The Object of This Book; The Yahwist as Author; Date of Composition; Authorial Omniscience; A Matter of Temporality; The Anthropological Dimension Cain Is an Agriculturist and Abel Is a Shepherd; The Brothers' Sacrifices from a Phenomenological Viewpoint; The Introduction of Sin into the World; A Crux Interpretum--Verse 7; The First Crime; A Woman's Glory and Her Sons' Competition; The Oedipal Cain; In the Field; Alienation; The Theological Dimension Kinship Relations Belong to the Sacred; Soul Murder; God's Favoritism?; Sacrifice Revisited; The Divine and Human in Reciprocity; God's Power--To Be Interpreted; The Psychological Dimension; Violence and the Sign upon Cain; Two in One; No Rehabilitation of Cain; Cain--A Tragic Figure?; The Psychology of Abel, the Kin of Cain; Paranoia; Cain Builds the First City; Genealogy and Culture; Cain's Genealogy in Genesis 4 (and 5); The Yahwist and the Origin of Culture and Civilization; The Song of Lamech; Hope Has the Last Word; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index of Ancient Sources; Author Index.
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