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The Curse of Cain

Author : Regina M. Schwartz
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226741994
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book The Curse of Cain written by Regina M. Schwartz and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1997-05-15 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Regina Schwartz, we ignore the dark side of the Bible to our peril. The perplexing story of Cain and Abel is emblematic of the tenacious influence of the Bible on secular notions of identity - notions that are all too often violently exclusionary, negatively defining "us" against "them" in ethnic, religious, racial, gender, and nationalistic terms. In this compelling work of cultural and biblical criticism, Schwartz contends that it is the very concept of monotheism and its jealous demand for exclusive allegiance - to one God, one Land, one Nation or one People - that informs the model of collective identity forged in violence, against the other.

The Curse of Ham

Author : David M. Goldenberg
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400828546
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book The Curse of Ham written by David M. Goldenberg and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2009-04-11 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 First Book of Moses, Called Genesis

Author :
Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780802136107
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (361 download)

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Download or read book The First Book of Moses, Called Genesis written by and published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.. This book was released on 1999 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

Author : J. Mark Powell
Publisher : Forge Books
ISBN 13 : 9780765349439
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (494 download)

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Download or read book The Curse of Cain written by J. Mark Powell and published by Forge Books. This book was released on 2006-04-04 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Cain

Author : Regina M. Schwartz
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226742007
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book The Curse of Cain written by Regina M. Schwartz and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

Author : Lindsey Barraclough
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 076368208X
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (636 download)

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Download or read book The Mark of Cain written by Lindsey Barraclough and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2016-05-10 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A spine-chilling companion to Long Lankin, here is the story of a wronged witch’s revenge, spanning generations and crossing the shadowy line between life and death. In 1567, baby Aphra is found among the reeds and rushes by two outcast witches. Even as an infant, her gifts in the dark craft are clear. But when her guardians succumb to an angry mob, Aphra is left to fend for herself. She is shunned and feared by all but one man, the leper known as Long Lankin. Hounded and ostracized, the two find solace only in each other, but even this respite is doomed, and Aphra’s bitterness poisons her entire being. Afflicted with leprosy, tortured and about to be burned as a witch, she manages one final enchantment—a curse on her tormentor’s heirs. Now, in 1962, Cora and Mimi, the last of a cursed line, are trapped in an ancient home on a crumbling estate in deepest winter, menaced by a spirit bent on revenge. Are their lives and souls forfeit forever?

The Mark of Cain

Author : Ruth Mellinkoff
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520906373
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book The Mark of Cain written by Ruth Mellinkoff and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-04-28 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Mark of Cain

Author : Andrew Lang
Publisher : New York : Scribner
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book The Mark of Cain written by Andrew Lang and published by New York : Scribner. This book was released on 1886 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mystery is solved by folklore and esoteric knowledge of tattooing.

Long Lankin

Author : Lindsey Barraclough
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 0763661082
Total Pages : 463 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (636 download)

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Download or read book Long Lankin written by Lindsey Barraclough and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2012-07-10 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an exquisitely chilling debut novel, four children unravel the mystery of a family curse — and a ghostly creature known in folklore as Long Lankin. When Cora and her younger sister, Mimi, are sent to stay with their elderly aunt in the isolated village of Byers Guerdon, they receive a less-than-warm welcome. Auntie Ida is eccentric and rigid, and the girls are desperate to go back to London. But what they don’t know is that their aunt’s life was devastated the last time two young sisters were at Guerdon Hall, and she is determined to protect her nieces from an evil that has lain hidden for years. Along with Roger and Peter, two village boys, Cora must uncover the horrifying truth that has held Bryers Guerdon in its dark grip for centuries — before it’s too late for little Mimi. Riveting and intensely atmospheric, this stunning debut will hold readers in its spell long after the last page is turned.

Holy Bible (NIV)

Author : Various Authors,
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0310294142
Total Pages : 6637 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Holy Bible (NIV) written by Various Authors, and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2008-09-02 with total page 6637 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The NIV is the world's best-selling modern translation, with over 150 million copies in print since its first full publication in 1978. This highly accurate and smooth-reading version of the Bible in modern English has the largest library of printed and electronic support material of any modern translation.

The Marks of Cain

Author : Tom Knox
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 110143290X
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book The Marks of Cain written by Tom Knox and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-05-06 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An audacious and terrifying new thriller from the author of the international bestseller The Genesis Secret. When David Martinez receives an ancient map from his dying grandfather, he is led into the heart of the Basque mountains, where a genetic curse lies buried- and a frightening secret about the Western world is hidden. Meanwhile, London journalist Simon Quinn is investigating two violent murders. Both victims had once been interned in a top-secret Nazi camp-and both came from the Basque region. With The Marks of Cain, Tom Knox (The Lost Goddess) delivers on the promise of his astonishing debut novel, crafting a terrifying and even more ambitious thriller that delves into the shocking truth of what drives human beings to violence, genocide, and war.

East of Eden

Author : John Steinbeck
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440631328
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book East of Eden written by John Steinbeck and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2002-02-05 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A masterpiece of Biblical scope, and the magnum opus of one of America’s most enduring authors, in a commemorative hardcover edition In his journal, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck called East of Eden "the first book," and indeed it has the primordial power and simplicity of myth. Set in the rich farmland of California's Salinas Valley, this sprawling and often brutal novel follows the intertwined destinies of two families—the Trasks and the Hamiltons—whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. The masterpiece of Steinbeck’s later years, East of Eden is a work in which Steinbeck created his most mesmerizing characters and explored his most enduring themes: the mystery of identity, the inexplicability of love, and the murderous consequences of love's absence. Adapted for the 1955 film directed by Elia Kazan introducing James Dean, and read by thousands as the book that brought Oprah’s Book Club back, East of Eden has remained vitally present in American culture for over half a century.

Book of Nod

Author : Sam Chupp
Publisher : White Wolf Games Studio
ISBN 13 : 9781565040786
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Book of Nod written by Sam Chupp and published by White Wolf Games Studio. This book was released on 1993 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the guide to the founding myths of the Great Clans of the game Vampire: The Masquerade. It includes the Tale of Caine and The Book of Shadows, in full. --

Cain and Abel in Text and Tradition

Author : John Byron
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004205829
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Cain and Abel in Text and Tradition written by John Byron and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-02-14 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Cain

Author : George Gordon Byron Baron Byron
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Cain written by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron and published by . This book was released on 1822 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Book of Cain

Author : James Pressler
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781983642616
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book The Book of Cain written by James Pressler and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-12-18 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best of people yield to society's evils, and everyone can be redeemed. From the inner city comes Mark Cain, a man of simple beliefs who also thinks he is Cain, Son of Adam, Brother of Abel, forced to walk the Earth beyond the judgment of Man until he is forgiven. He is cursed to know neither friends nor enemies, love or hate, or any judgment from society. Then he meets someone who is different. Inexplicably, she can judge him, sympathize with him - even show concern. Mark's solitary life now has someone reaching to him. Is she divine? Has she been sent to relieve him of his curse? Or has he failed to redeem himself? All he knows is that he must follow her, obey her, and find out how she can lead him to redemption. This work of literary fiction with modest religious overtones is set in the inner city, but tells a tale that is, at its core, about the human view of judgment and salvation.

The Book of Lamech of Cain

Author : Demmon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781098805319
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book The Book of Lamech of Cain written by Demmon and published by . This book was released on 2019-05-16 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are 2 different Books of Lamech available to Bible scholars. THE BOOK OF LAMECH OF CAIN has been hard to find until recently. Presented in novella form, Father Ichabod Sergeant and his translation team have been cleared by the Vatican to publish this antediluvian document. Written before the flood of Noah, THE BOOK OF LAMECH OF CAIN follows the antediluvian bloodline of Cain and presents answers to questions that have puzzled biblical scholars (such as the Mark of Cain, the Song of the Sword, and the history of Noah's wife, Naamah) for thousands of years. Editor, DEMMON has once again brought forward the dark and the ancient, as he did with Father Esau Martin with THE LOST BOOK OF KING OG