Cain and Abel in Text and Tradition by Byron, John;

Jewish and Christian Interpretations of the First Sibling Rivalry

Series: Themes in Biblical Narrative; 14;

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Publisher BRILL
Date of Publication 14 February 2011

ISBN 9789004192522
Binding Hardback
No. of pages270 pages
Size 235x155 mm
Weight 577 g
Language English

Short description:

The Cain and Abel story is riddled with linguistic ambiguities and narrative gaps. Jewish and Christian interpreters often expanded the story in an attempt to fill the gaps and answer questions. This book traces the interpretive history of Genesis 4.

Long description:

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.