Onslaught against innocence : Cain, Abel, and the Yahwist /
While in Genesis 2-11 the Yahwist confronts the issue of evil through a sequence of stories on the progressive deterioration of the divine-human relationship, in Genesis 4 he describes the initial slaughter of one human being by another as fratricidal. This book provides a close reading of J's...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Cambridge :
James Clarke & Co.,
2010.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | While in Genesis 2-11 the Yahwist confronts the issue of evil through a sequence of stories on the progressive deterioration of the divine-human relationship, in Genesis 4 he describes the initial slaughter of one human being by another as fratricidal. This book provides a close reading of J's story by using literary criticism and psychological criticism, and shows that the biblical author has more than an ""archaeological"" design. His characters - including God, Adam, Eve, Cain, and Abel, plus minor character - are paradigmatic, as they allow J to proceed with a fine analytical feel for the. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 177 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-161) and indexes. |
ISBN: | 022790334X 9780227903346 |