Cain and Abel also appear in a number of other texts apart from Genesis, and the story is the subject of various interpretations. Abel, the first murder victim, is sometimes seen as the first martyr; while Cain, the first murderer, is sometimes seen as an ancestor of evil. Some scholars suggest the pericope may have been based on a Sumerian story representing the conflict between nomadic shepherds and settled farmers. Modern scholars typically view the stories of Adam and Eve and Cain and Abel to be about the development of civilization during the age of agriculture; not the beginnings of man, but when people first learned agriculture, replacing the ways of the hunter-gatherer. [5] It has also been seen as a depiction of nomadic conflict, the struggle for land and resources (and divine favour) between nomadic herders and sedentary farmers. [6] [7] [8] Gmirkin, Russell E. (2006). Berossus and Genesis, Manetho and Exodus. Bloomsbury. ISBN 9780567134394. It has two parallel tales. And I am moved by both Abel and Kane- how different yet same they are. Hard working, adamant and carrying no give up attitude. The story spans sixty years and moves through cataclysmic events including World Wars I & II and the Great Depression.

Byron, John (2011). Cain and Abel in Text and Tradition: Jewish and Christian Interpretations of the First Sibling Rivalry. Leiden and Boston: Brill Publishers. ISBN 978-9004192522. Hers was the ultimate ambition . . . The titanic battle between two men obsessed with destroying each other follows on to the next generation. Florentyna Rosnovski, Abel’s daughter, inherits all of her father’s drive, but none of his wealth. A woman gifted with beauty and spirit, but above all with indomitable will, she sets out in pursuit of an ambition that dwarfs both Kane and Abel, as she battles for the highest office in the world. Shall We Tell the President? A Practical Christian Commentary on Cain and Abel by Friedrich Justus Knecht, London, B. Herder (1910) Cain at Abel was released on October 8, 1982, by Cine Suerte Inc., it served as the first Filipino film entry for the San Sebastián International Film Festival in Spain in the same year, and received accolades from award-giving bodies for cinema. The film was digitally restored and remastered by ABS-CBN Film Restoration Project and Central Digital Lab in 2016; the restored version was premiered on August 11, 2016.The film was released by Kani Releasing (under license to ABS-CBN's Star Home Video and Star Cinema) on Blu-ray on February 22, 2022. [7] Reception [ edit ] Critical reception [ edit ] I relished reading how world war affected both Rich and poor class, how banks were dealing with the great depression, those board meetings, selling shares, losing profits, Oh that pressure! I literally felt it - mainly how Abel and Kane tried to sustain in the great slump. The serpent seed explanation for Cain being capable of murder is that he may have been the offspring of a fallen angel or Satan himself, rather than being from Adam. [31] [32] [33]

Pop Culture 101: East of Eden". TCM.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-06 . Retrieved 2014-04-11.In the Apocryphon of John, a work used in Gnosticism, Cain and Abel are Archons, being the offspring of the lesser god or Demiurge called Yaldabaoth, placed over the elements of fire, wind, water and earth. In this narrative their true names are Yahweh and Elohim, but they are given their earthly names as a form of deception. [28] [29] Legacy and symbolism [ edit ] Cain and Abel. Plaster cast after bronze (1425-1438) by Jacopo Della Quercia (1374-1438), Bologna, Italy. National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh Cain and Abel, 15th-century German depiction from Speculum Humanae Salvationis Cain and Abel, 16th-century painting by Titian Another thing I have to say is that I’m just not that interested in the banking world, which takes up quite a lengthy section of this book. Though the author does a great job of making it feel as gripping and gritty as possible. There are also quite a few coincidences that move the plot along. Like the many times Abel was fortunate enough to find someone to unconditionally help him when he needed it most.

Cruz, Jay (March 30, 2021). " "Cain and Abel" REVIEW: The Melodrama of Violence". Sinegang . Retrieved April 7, 2022. Luttikhuizen, Gerard P., ed. (2003). Eve's Children: The Biblical Stories Retold and Interpreted in Jewish and Christian traditions (Vol. 5ed.). Leiden and Boston: Brill Publishers. ISBN 978-9004126152.Hughes, William (2015). The Encyclopedia of the Gothic, 2 Volume Set. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1119064602 . Retrieved 2 September 2017– via Google Books. Schwartz, Howard; Loebel-Fried, Caren; Ginsburg, Elliot K. (2004). Tree of Souls: The Mythology of Judaism. Oxford University Press. p.447. ISBN 978-0195358704. Debate between sheep and grain, Sumerian creation myth that has been compared to the story of Cain and Abel It is a story about the lives of two powerful men,born on the same day in contrasting circumstances. They compete ferociously to build a fortune and end up wanting to destroy each other. Kane and Abel was all about the two main characters. They were arrogant, stubborn, greedy, unforgiving, and... real. As a result, they were incredibly interesting. The entire novel was devoted to their lives and while Kane and Abel possess plenty of good traits, it was those listed above that had us clenching our fists and wanting to smite both of them. One chapter you’re rooting for Kane and then the next you’re rooting for Abel. And then the next you’re rooting for neither...

I was walking the dog while I was finishing it on audible ... thank goodness I was in a wide open space where nobody could see the tears. Blenkinsopp, Joseph (2011). Creation, Un-creation, Re-creation: A Discursive Commentary on Genesis 1-11. New York: Bloomsbury T&T Clark. ISBN 978-0-567-37287-1. Cain and Abel's clash may reflect ancient Bronze Age rivalries". Culture. April 10, 2019. Archived from the original on March 14, 2021.Florentyna Rosnovski, daughter of Abel Rosnovski and Richard Kane, son of William Kane, happen to meet and fall in love without knowing about the rivalry between their fathers. They get married despite vehement protests from their fathers and start a chain of boutique stores named Florentyna's. Kane is born into a loving family with an enormous amount of wealth. Abel’s mother dies in childbirth. He grows up in poverty with a family that was already struggling to put enough food on the table and his arrival means one more mouth to feed. The only thing that seemingly binds them is that they were born on the same day. Doukhan, Abi (2016). Biblical Portraits of Exile: A Philosophical Reading. Oxon: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-4724-7241-0. The Kane and Abel Trilogy is the story of two men, who meet only once, but it changes their lives forever. A treatise on Christian Hermeticism, Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism, describes the biblical account of Cain and Abel as a myth, in that it expresses, in a form narrated for a particular case, an "eternal" idea. It argues that brothers can become mortal enemies through the very fact that they worship the same God in the same way. According to the author, the source of religious wars is revealed. It is not the difference in dogma or ritual which is the cause, but the "pretention to equality" or "the negation of hierarchy." [34]