Cain and Abel in Text and Tradition - Jewish and Christian Interpretations of the First Sibling Rivalry

The Cain and Abel story is riddled with linguistic ambiguities and narrative gaps. Jewish and Christian interpreters often expanded the story in an attempt to fill the gaps and answer questions. This book traces the interpretive history of Genesis 4.

About the author

John Byron, Ph.D. (2002), University of Durham, is Associate Professor of New Testament at Ashland Theological Seminary. He is the author of Slavery Metaphors in Early Judaism and Pauline Christianity (2003), Recent Research on Paul and Slavery (2008), and a number of scholarly articles.

Product details

• Authors: John Byron
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.02.2011
• EAN: 9789004192522
• ISBN: 978-90-04-19252-2
• No. of pages: 276
• Dimensions: 168 mm x 244 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 599 g
• Series: Themes in Biblical Narrative
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Religious writings, prayers, songbooks, religious meditations