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

by John Byron

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.

Genres: Religion

276 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2011

About the author

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John Byron Ph.D. (University of Durham) is Professor of New Testament at Ashland Theological Seminary. He is the author of Slavery Metaphors in Early Judaism and Pauline Christianity (Mohr Siebeck, 2003), Recent Research on Paul and Slavery (Sheffield Phoenix, 2008), as well as a number of scholarly articles. His more recent work has focuses on Jewish and Christian interpretations of the Cain and Abel story (Brill, 2011). In addition to teaching and research Byron is an active participant in the Tel-Gezer excavation project. You can interact with John Byron on his blog The Biblical World (http://thebiblicalworld.blogspot.com).

Reviews

[Pardis TD · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Jewish friend asked me to read this as he knew I was agnostic, and I seemed curious (was looking for a religion)... I am not much into violence, I liked the Book of Esther more.