Onslaught against Innocence

Cain, Abel and the Yahwist

AvAndré LaCocque

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

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An analytical study of the biblical myth of Cain and Abel, revealing the narrative intricacies and the profound insights of the story.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 (commonly refered to as J, responsible for much of the Chapters 2-11 of Genesis) narrates the initial slaughter of one human being by another, and strikingly, it is described as fratricidal.Onslaught Against Innocence explores the anthropological, theological, and psychological dimensions of this universal myth. LaCocque provides a close reading of J’s story by using literary and psychological criticism, revealing that the biblical author has more than an “archaeological” design. Rather, his characters – including God, Adam, Eve, Cain, and Abel, plus minor figures – are paradigmatic, and as such they allow J to proceed with a fine analytical feel for the nature of evil. LaCocque shows that this well known story is much more than it seems at first sight; it is a portrait of a humanity that is always torn between the innocence of Eden and its denial; between what J calls “doing well” and “not doing well”.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-06-24
Mått:153 x 229 x 10 mm
Vikt:260 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:James Clarke and Co Ltd
Antal sidor:188
Förlag:Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN:9780227173190

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Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion
Biblar inom Filosofi och religion
Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion

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Dr André LaCocque is Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at Chicago Theological Seminary. He is the author of The Trial of Innocence, The Feminine Unconventional, and Romance, She Wrote, and the co-author (with Paul Ricoeur) of Thinking Biblically: Exegetical and Hermeneutical Studies.

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"In considering the comments of other scholars, L[aCocque] reiterates that the YHWH of J [the Yahwist] is not capricious, although unfathomable. What is particularly enthralling are the wide-ranging links that L. brings to his work from authors such as Dostoievsky, Kafka, Freud and Jung, to name but a few." G.W. Ashby, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, Vol 35.5, June 2011 "This is a fine series of reflections, at home in exegesis and moral philosophy, and not afraid to ponder such difficulties as the absence of forgiveness in Genesis." Richard Briggs, in Theological Book Review

Innehållsförteckning

Abbreviations1. IntroductionThe Object of This Book. The Yahwist as Author. Date of Composition. Authorial Omniscience. A Matter of Temporality2. The Anthropological DimensionCain 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.3. The Theological DimensionKinship Relations Belong to the Sacred. Soul Murder. God’s Favoritism? Sacrifice Revisited. The Divine and Human in Reciprocity. God’s Power – To Be Interpreted4. The Psychological DimensionViolence 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 City5. Genealogy and CultureCain’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.ConclusionBibliographyIndex of Ancient SourcesAuthor Index