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The Curse Of Cain
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Author : Regina M. Schwartz
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1997
The Curse Of Cain written by Regina M. Schwartz and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Religion categories.
The Curse of Cain confronts the inherent ambiguities of biblical stories on many levels and, in the end, offers an alternative, inspiring reading of the Bible that is attentive to visions of plenitude rather than scarcity, and to an ethics based on generosity rather than violence. "[A] provocative and timely examination of the interrelationship of monotheism and violence. . . . This is a refreshing alternative to criticism-biblical and otherwise-that so often confuses interpretation with closure; it is an invitation to an ethic of possibility, plenitude, and generosity, a welcome antidote to violence, as important for its insights into memory, identity, and place as for its criticism of monotheism's violent legacy."—Booklist "Brilliant and provocative, this is a work demanding close attention from critics, theologians, and all those interested in the imaginative roots of common life."—Rowan Williams, Bishop of Monmouth "A stunningly important book."—Walter Brueggemann, Theology Today "Artfully rendered, endlessly provocative."—Lawrence Weschler, New Yorker
The Mark Of Cain
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Author : Ruth Mellinkoff
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2023-04-28
The Mark Of Cain written by Ruth Mellinkoff and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-28 with History categories.
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 examples runs as follows: R. Judah said: "He caused the orb of the sun to shine on his account." Said R. Nehemiah to him: "For that wretch He would cause the orb of the sun to shine! Rather, he caused leprosy to break out on him...." Rab said: "He gave him a dog." Abba Jose said: "He made a horn grow out of him." Rab said: "He made him an example to murderers." R. Hanin said: "He made him an example to penitents." R. Levi said in the name of R. Simeon b. Lakish: "He suspended judgment until the flood came and swept him away." After a review of such early Jewish and Christian exegesis, Mellinkoff divides physical interpretations on the mark into three groups: "A Mark on Cain's Body," "A Movement of Cain's Body," and "A Blemish Associated with Cain's Body." Her discussion of these groups is the heart of her study and offers its richest examples of interplay among medieval art and imaginative literature, on the one hand, and biblical exegesis, on the other. Thus in one remarkable tour de force, she shows us how a poetic misprision of Genesis 4:24 - "Sevenfold vengeance will be taken for Cain: but for Lamech seventy times sevenfold" - made Lamech the murderer of Cain; how there then grew up the legend that Lamech, a hunter, had killed Cain when he mistook him for an animal; how from that, the notion that the mark of Cain was a horn or horns on Cain's head arose (in the poignant formulation of the Tanhuma Midrash: "Oh father, you have killed something that resembles a man except it has a horn on its forehead!"); and how from that, in the maturity of the legend, there flowered Cornish drama, Irish saga, and stunning reliefs of a dying, antlered Cain in the cathedrals of Vezelay and Autun. Like Genesis 4:15 itself, 'The Mark of Cain' is suggestive rather than comprehensive. Concluding chapters on "Intentionally Distorted Interpretations of Cain's Mark" and "Cain's Mark and the Jews" bring the history down to our own day, but Mellinkoff does not claim to have said the last word on the subject. Her achievement is neither documentary nor exegetical but rather demonstrative: she shows us with brilliant economy how the artistic imagination functioned in a world whose intellectual definition was a closed canonical text.
The Curse Of Cain
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Author : J. Mark Powell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
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The Curse Of Cain
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Author : Jonathan Rutan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009-08-01
The Curse Of Cain written by Jonathan Rutan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-01 with Fiction categories.
Evil lives in the world and only a few have the power to stand against it. They are the cursed, the damned, those chosen to carry on a legacy of protection given to them by their ancestor, by Cain himself the man who murdered his own brother thousands of years ago. The curse is the penalty that Cain was given for taking the life of his brother and it is a curse that was passed on to his descendants. One of these descendants is Jacob Thorn who is about to learn that he is a child of Cain, a much great grandson of that man who has been called to continue on with the curse that Cain had been given. Jacob Thorn is about to enter into a House, is about to be trained, and is about to learn that sometimes, some fates, cannot be avoided.
The Curse Of Cain
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Author : J. Mark Powell
language : en
Publisher: Forge Books
Release Date : 2006-04-04
The Curse Of Cain written by J. Mark Powell and has been published by Forge Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-04-04 with Fiction categories.
On April 14, 1865 John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater, or so the history books tell us ... but what if there was a second gunman who actually pulled the trigger? The Curse of Cain Like The Day of the Jackal, The Eagle has Landed, and The Key to Rebecca, The Curse of Cain is the cat and mouse story of a ruthless professional assassin hired to kill the Union President and the Confederate agent dispatched by Jefferson Davis to thwart his plan. Like Forsyth's Jackal, Follett's Needle, and Higgins's Devlin, the assassin-Basil Tarleton-is a charming agent of death. Jack Tanner-a Confederate era Jack Ryan, is willing to forego matters of the heart in order to carry out his mission and save the life of the President of an opposing nation. Set in the closing weeks of the Civil War and against the backdrop of the notorious Lincoln conspiracy (and subsequent cover-up) as well as the actual Confederate intelligence network that existed in Washington, D.C. at the time, Powell and Meagher tell a heart-stopping tale of suspense and intrigue. This dangerous mission follows assassin and pursuer, as they close in on their targets in enemy territory where exposure means certain death. The Curse of Cain races to the page-turning climax on that fateful night at Ford's Theater.
The Curse Of Ham
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Author : David M. Goldenberg
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2009-04-11
The Curse Of Ham written by David M. Goldenberg and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04-11 with Religion categories.
How old is prejudice against black people? Were the racist attitudes that fueled the Atlantic slave trade firmly in place 700 years before the European discovery of sub-Saharan Africa? In this groundbreaking book, David Goldenberg seeks to discover how dark-skinned peoples, especially black Africans, were portrayed in the Bible and by those who interpreted the Bible--Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Unprecedented in rigor and breadth, his investigation covers a 1,500-year period, from ancient Israel (around 800 B.C.E.) to the eighth century C.E., after the birth of Islam. By tracing the development of anti-Black sentiment during this time, Goldenberg uncovers views about race, color, and slavery that took shape over the centuries--most centrally, the belief that the biblical Ham and his descendants, the black Africans, had been cursed by God with eternal slavery. Goldenberg begins by examining a host of references to black Africans in biblical and postbiblical Jewish literature. From there he moves the inquiry from Black as an ethnic group to black as color, and early Jewish attitudes toward dark skin color. He goes on to ask when the black African first became identified as slave in the Near East, and, in a powerful culmination, discusses the resounding influence of this identification on Jewish, Christian, and Islamic thinking, noting each tradition's exegetical treatment of pertinent biblical passages. Authoritative, fluidly written, and situated at a richly illuminating nexus of images, attitudes, and history, The Curse of Ham is sure to have a profound and lasting impact on the perennial debate over the roots of racism and slavery, and on the study of early Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
The Mark Of Cain
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Author : Lindsey Barraclough
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2014-07-03
The Mark Of Cain written by Lindsey Barraclough and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-03 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
1567 Aphra is not a normal child. Found abandoned as a baby among the reeds and rushes, the two outcast witches who raise her in their isolated cottage are never sure if she was born, or just pushed up through the foul, black mud for them to find. Little Aphra’s gifts in the dark craft are clear, even as an infant, but soon even her guardians begin to fear her. When a violent fire destroys their home, Aphra is left to fend for herself. Years of begging and stealing make her strong, but they also make her bitter, for she is shunned and feared by everyone she meets. Until she reaches Bryers Guerdon and meets the man they call Long Lankin – the leper. Ostracized and tormented, he is the only person willing to help her. And together, they plot their revenge. 1962 Four years have passed since the death of Ida Guerdon, and Cora is back in Bryers Guerdon in the manor house her aunt left to her. It is a cold, bitter winter, and the horrifying events of that sweltering summer in 1958 seem long past. Until Cora’s father arranges for some restoration work to take place at Guerdon Hall, and it seems that something hidden there long ago has been disturbed. The spirit of Aphra Rushes – intent on finishing what she began, four centuries ago.
The Curse Of Cain By Jonathan Rutan
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Author : Jonathan Rutan
language : en
Publisher: Jonathan Rutan
Release Date : 2008-02
The Curse Of Cain By Jonathan Rutan written by Jonathan Rutan and has been published by Jonathan Rutan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-02 with Fiction categories.
Evil lives in the world, thriving, killing, taking over, and only a few have the power to stand against it. Jacob Thorn is about to learn of his history, of a curse he bears, he is about to enter a house where a legacy of protection stands against the darkness. The Curse of Cain is a curse that sets all who are called onto a journey that will last an eternity. Jacob Thorn is about to find out it is also a journey he cannot avoid.
The First Book Of Moses Called Genesis
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Release Date : 1999
The First Book Of Moses Called Genesis written by and has been published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Bible categories.
Hailed as "the most radical repackaging of the Bible since Gutenberg", these Pocket Canons give an up-close look at each book of the Bible.
The Curse Of Cain
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Author : Theodore J. Nottingham
language : en
Publisher: Theosis Books
Release Date : 1998-02
The Curse Of Cain written by Theodore J. Nottingham and has been published by Theosis Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-02 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Written by Booth's Great-Grandson, thrice removed, "The Curse Of Cain" retells, in dramatic form, another version of the Booth saga. This work will tantalize readers with insights and details known only to the immediate family, giving a new perspective on this crucial moment in American history.