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The curse of Cain : the violent legacy of monotheism / Regina M. Schwartz.

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The curse of Cain : the violent legacy of monotheism / Regina M. Schwartz.

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The curse of Cain : the violent legacy of monotheism / Regina M. Schwartz.

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Full title

The curse of Cain : the violent legacy of monotheism / Regina M. Schwartz.

Author / Creator

Publisher

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1997.

Date

1997.

Call Numbers

T0377102

Record Identifier

74VvdOkMv623

MMS ID

991005861599702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

xv, 211 p. ; 24 cm.

Publication information

Publisher

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1997.

Place of Publication

Illinois

Date Published

1997.

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Scope and Contents

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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Notes

General note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-202) and index.

Transferred from N221.83036/1.

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Call Numbers

T0377102

Record Identifier

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)

DDC

221.83036

MMS ID

991005861599702626

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