Onslaught against innocence

Cain, Abel, and the Yahwist

Onslaught against innocence
André Lacocque, André Lacocque
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Onslaught against innocence

Cain, Abel, and the Yahwist

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James Clarke & Co.
Language
English
Pages
177

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Table of Contents

Introduction. The object of this book
The Yahwist as author
Date of composition
Authorial omniscience
A matter of temporality
The anthropological dimension. Cain is an agriculturist and Abel is a shepherd
The brothers' sacrifices from a phenomenological viewpoint
The introduction of sin into the world
A crux interpretum : verse 7
The first crime
A woman's glory and her sons' competition
The Oedipal Cain
In the field
Alienation
The theological dimension. Kinship relations belong to the sacred
Soul murder
God's favoritism?
Sacrifice revisited
The divine and human in reciprocity
God's power : to be interpreted
The psychological dimension. Violence and the sign upon Cain
Two in one
No rehabilitation of Cain
Cain : a tragic figure?
The psychology of Abel, the kin of Cain
Paranoia
Cain builds the first city
Genealogy and culture. Cain's genealogy in Genesis 4 (and 5)
The Yahwist and the origin of culture and civilization
The Song of Lamech
Hope has the last word
Conclusion.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-161) and indexes.

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Cambridge
Copyright Date
2008

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
222.1106
Library of Congress
BS580.C3 .L33 2010

The Physical Object

Pagination
x, 177 pages
Number of pages
177

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL30490596M
ISBN 10
0227173198
ISBN 13
9780227173190
LCCN
2010502758
OCLC/WorldCat
320800155

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OL12289391W

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