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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789564203321

Autore

Byron John <1967->

Titolo

Cain and Abel in text and tradition [[electronic resource] ] : Jewish and Christian interpretations of the first sibling rivalry / / by John Byron

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2011

ISBN

1-283-12047-X

9786613120472

90-04-20582-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 p.)

Collana

Themes in biblical narrative Jewish and Christian traditions, , 1388-3909 ; ; v. 14

Disciplina

222/.110609

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Like father, like son : Genesis 4:1-2 -- Rejected offering-dejected person : Genesis 4:3-7 -- Crime and punishment : Genesis 4:8-10 -- Far as the curse is found : Genesis 4:11-16 -- Raising Cain : Genesis 4:17-26 -- The blood of righteous Abel -- The way of Cain.

Sommario/riassunto

The story of Cain and Abel narrates the primeval events associated with the beginnings of the world and humanity. But the presence of linguistic and grammatical ambiguities coupled with narrative gaps provided translators and interpreters with a number of points of departure for expanding the story. The result is a number of well established and interpretive traditions shared between Jewish and Christian literature. This book focuses on how the interpretive traditions derived from Genesis 4 exerted significant influence on Jewish and Christian authors who knew rewritten versions of the story. The goal is to help readers appreciate these traditions within the broader interpretive context rather than within the narrow confines of the canon.