The curse of Cain : the violent legacy of monotheism / Regina M. Schwartz.
The curse of Cain : the violent legacy of monotheism / Regina M. Schwartz.
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1997.
Date
1997.
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T0377102
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English
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xv, 211 p. ; 24 cm.
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1997.
Place of Publication
Illinois
Date Published
1997.
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Summary
The Hebrew Bible is filled with narratives of division and exclusion, scarcity and competition, that erupt in violence. Once these narratives were appropriated and disseminated by western religious traditions, they came to pervade deep cultural assumptions about how collectives are imagined - with collective hatred, with collective degradation, and...
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The curse of Cain : the violent legacy of monotheism / Regina M. Schwartz.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-202) and index.
Transferred from N221.83036/1.
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T0377102
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74VvdOkMv623
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvdOkMv623
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ISBN
0226741990 (alk. paper)
9780226741994 (alk. paper)
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221.83036
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991005861599702626