Revd Dr. Mark W. Scarlata graduated from Cambridge University, UK, and is currently lecturer in Old Testament at St. Mellitus College, London, UK.

A worthy piece of scholarship, carefully executed and attentive to detail

• ABBREVIATIONS1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 THE ART OF TRANSLATION IN THE ANCIENT WORLD 1.2 THE VERSIONS 1.3 HISTORICAL AND LITERARY CRITICISM1.4 METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS1.5 LIMITATIONS OF THIS STUDY 1.6 CONCLUSION 2. GENESIS 4.1: SON OF ADAM OR SEED OF SATAN? 3. GENESIS 4.3-6: CULTIC TRANSGRESSION, MORAL FAILURE AND THE PATHOS OF REJECTION4. GENESIS 4.7: SIN COUCHING AT THE DOOR: THE CHOICE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL5. GENESIS 4.8: FILLING IN THE GAPS: CREATING THE CONTEXT FOR FRATRICIDE6. GENESIS 4.9-12: TRIAL AND PUNISHMENT: THE WANDERING MURDERER7. GENESIS 4.13-14: THE PLEA: BEARING ONE'S SIN 8. GENESIS 4.15-16: A SIGN OF MERCY, A SIGN OF JUSTICE9. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

Revd Dr. Mark W. Scarlata graduated from Cambridge University, UK, and is currently lecturer in Old Testament at St. Mellitus College, London, UK.

A worthy piece of scholarship, carefully executed and attentive to detail

• ABBREVIATIONS1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 THE ART OF TRANSLATION IN THE ANCIENT WORLD 1.2 THE VERSIONS 1.3 HISTORICAL AND LITERARY CRITICISM1.4 METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS1.5 LIMITATIONS OF THIS STUDY 1.6 CONCLUSION 2. GENESIS 4.1: SON OF ADAM OR SEED OF SATAN? 3. GENESIS 4.3-6: CULTIC TRANSGRESSION, MORAL FAILURE AND THE PATHOS OF REJECTION4. GENESIS 4.7: SIN COUCHING AT THE DOOR: THE CHOICE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL5. GENESIS 4.8: FILLING IN THE GAPS: CREATING THE CONTEXT FOR FRATRICIDE6. GENESIS 4.9-12: TRIAL AND PUNISHMENT: THE WANDERING MURDERER7. GENESIS 4.13-14: THE PLEA: BEARING ONE'S SIN 8. GENESIS 4.15-16: A SIGN OF MERCY, A SIGN OF JUSTICE9. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

Revd Dr. Mark W. Scarlata graduated from Cambridge University, UK, and is currently lecturer in Old Testament at St. Mellitus College, London, UK.

A worthy piece of scholarship, carefully executed and attentive to detail

• ABBREVIATIONS1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 THE ART OF TRANSLATION IN THE ANCIENT WORLD 1.2 THE VERSIONS 1.3 HISTORICAL AND LITERARY CRITICISM1.4 METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS1.5 LIMITATIONS OF THIS STUDY 1.6 CONCLUSION 2. GENESIS 4.1: SON OF ADAM OR SEED OF SATAN? 3. GENESIS 4.3-6: CULTIC TRANSGRESSION, MORAL FAILURE AND THE PATHOS OF REJECTION4. GENESIS 4.7: SIN COUCHING AT THE DOOR: THE CHOICE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL5. GENESIS 4.8: FILLING IN THE GAPS: CREATING THE CONTEXT FOR FRATRICIDE6. GENESIS 4.9-12: TRIAL AND PUNISHMENT: THE WANDERING MURDERER7. GENESIS 4.13-14: THE PLEA: BEARING ONE'S SIN 8. GENESIS 4.15-16: A SIGN OF MERCY, A SIGN OF JUSTICE9. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY