| Onslaught Against Innocence: Cain, Abel and the Yahwist Contributor(s): Lacocque, Andre (Author) |
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ISBN: 0227173198 ISBN-13: 9780227173190 Publisher: James Clarke Company OUR PRICE: $30.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2010 Annotation: This imaginative and insightful book provides a close reading of the Yahwists story using both literary and psychological criticism. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Studies - Old Testament - General - Religion | Biblical Biography - Old Testament - Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - Old Testament |
| Dewey: 222.110 |
| LCCN: 2010502758 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.60 lbs) 188 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Theometrics - Academic - Theometrics - Mainline |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is a literary-critical analysis of the myth of Cain and Abel, masterfully related in Genesis 4 by the Yahwist, probably the greatest storyteller in the Hebrew Bible. The Yahwist narrates the initial slaughter of one human being by another, and strikingly, it is described as fratricidal. The book explores the anthropological, theological, and psychological dimensions of this universal myth and shows the readers such a vivid and intense story that one feels like will never get to the bottom of it. Thus, after a deep reading, this well known story is much more than what could seem at first sight; it can be said to be the portrait of human that is always torn between the innocence of Eden and its denial; between what is considered 'doing well' and 'not doing well'. |