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The mark of Cain /
For few verses in the Bible is the relationship between scripture and the artistic imagination more intriguing than for the conclusion of Genesis 4:15: ""And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, that whosoever found him should not kill him."" What was the mark of Cain? The answers set...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
Ã1981.
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| Colección: | Quantum books.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | For few verses in the Bible is the relationship between scripture and the artistic imagination more intriguing than for the conclusion of Genesis 4:15: ""And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, that whosoever found him should not kill him."" What was the mark of Cain? The answers set before us in this sensitive study by art historian Ruth Mellinkoff are sometimes poignant, frequently surprising. An early summary of rabbinic answers, for e. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 151 pages, 12 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations). |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-142) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520906372 0520906373 |