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; Cain and Abel — attributed to Vouet, and to Pietro Novelli ... This latter interpretation opens the door for a more figurative image: that of a child with a rod in his hand — the ‘ruler’. As he would later ‘divide the Earth’ (with a rod-like implement) as a ‘tiller’, there appears to be some...
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www.organelle.org/organelle/cainandabel/cainandabel.htm
www.organelle.org/organelle/cainandabel/cainandabel.htm
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[29] In the history of biblical interpretation, the myth of Cain and Abel has been read in a number of ways. The most basic, naïve reading is to look at it as a myth that provides an etiology of the first murder, the first fratricide.
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www.unomaha.edu/jrf/robbins.htm
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The story of Cain and Abel (Genesis 4) is, in fact, not a separate tale but, rather, a continuation and conclusion of the story of the Garden of Eden. It completes the story of Adam and Eve (begun in Genesis 2:4), of whom we ... To pursue them we must submit to the careful work of exegesis and interpretation-setting aside,
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Worse Attacks the Better, and On the Posterity and Exile of Cain. This paper will argue that Philo’s interpretation of Cain and Abel is typological, and that the types in question are both cosmological and psycho-logical.
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individual.utoronto.ca/hnajman/Articles_files/CainAndAbel.pdf
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One interpretation of the Cain and Abel story is that it reflects the very ancient tension between the different values and ways of life of wandering herders, represented by Abel, and settled farmers, represented by Cain.
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www.mythencyclopedia.com/Be-Ca/Cain-and-Abel.html
www.mythencyclopedia.com/Be-Ca/Cain-and-Abel.html
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The optimism of this interpretation of Cain and Abel, following on the heels of our expulsion from Eden, lies in the fact that there is redemption for humankind, if we make the right choices. Self-sacrifice doesn't mean going without, it means gaining something else.
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11:4). Three things are to be carefully noted in regard to the worship of Cain and Abel. First, that there was a place where God was to be worshipped. This is indicated in the third verse: "Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering ... The interpretation most widely received is as follows: Why art thou wroth, Cain?
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www.fbinstitute.com/genesis-pink/genesis_07.htm
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Cain was a farmer; Abel was a shepherd. Cain offered to God the fruits of his labor; so did Abel. God favored Abel, whereupon Cain was wroth and his face fell. God told Cain that he would do well, his face would be lifted, but that sin crouched enticingly at his door, though it is within Cain's power to rule over it.
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Cain even tramples Abel, apparently in accordance with the literal interpretation of "vayakom Cain" "Cain stood up on his brother Abel and killed him" (v. 8). But the portrayal of this scene in the Duke of Alba's illustrated Bible is even more violent: Cain bites Abel neck!
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