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What is the moral of the Cain and Abel story?
According to S H Hooke (Middle Eastern Mythology) the story of the rivalry between Cain and Abel, and God's favour for Abel, is based on an older Middle Eastern myth in which the goddess Ishtar had...
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What is the antagonist of the story of Cain and abel?
In my opinion, I believe than Cain is the antagonist of the story. Able is more of a hero because he obeyed God's command and offered the correct sacrifice. Cain's anger and feelings of being wronged...
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What was the story of Cain and Abel?
The story of the first murder. Genesis 4:1-15.
1And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
2And she again bare his brother Abel. And...
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What does the story of Cain and Abel mean?
Leon R. Kass (The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis) says that Cain (qayin) is related to qanithi, from a root qanah, meaning "to possess". Kass, supported by Rashti and others, says Eve compares...
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What is the theme in the story of Cain and Abel?
Leon R. Kass (The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis) says that the story of Cain and Abel contains many of the essential elements of human nature. He calls the brothers "paradigmatic" rather than...