Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Liz Fried" <lizfried AT umich.edu>]

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> From: Polycarp66 AT aol.com [mailto:Polycarp66 AT aol.com]

> lizfried AT umich.edu writes:
>
> << The story is not about the origin of evil (for that you have to
>  wait till Gen 6:1).
>   >>
>
> Not quite that long.  You're forgetting Cain & Abel.  There's that rather
> enigmatic sentence in Gen 4.7
>
> Ha:LoW) )iM_T."Y+iYB LaPeTaX Xa+f)T RoB"C W:)"LeYKf T:$W.QfToW W:)aT.fH
> T.M:$fL_B.oH
I had considered this of course. But I rejected it. I did so primarily
because
the authors of the Book of Enoch dwell on Gen. 6:1ff as the source of
evil, not the story of Cain. I think the story of Cain is the story of the
creation of civilization, i.e., cities, agriculture, music.

Liz
>
> gfsomsel

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