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  Cain & Abel

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Historical Analysis
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Historical Analysis
 
Author
according to the Documentary Hypothesis; click on links for information
 
 
 
Commentaries
 
Clifford, Richard J. and Roland E. Murphy.  "Genesis." In The New Jerome Biblical Commentary (ed. Raymond E. Brown, Joseph A. Fitzmyer and Roland E. Murphy; Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1990) 8-43. Read with this the material on the authorship of the Pentateuch in the same volume: Roland E. Murphy, "Introduction to the Pentateuch," pp. 3-7.
[Link to article here]
 
Fretheim, Terence E.  "Genesis."  In The New Interpreter's Bible, vol. 1, Genesis to Leviticus (Nashville: Abingdon, 1994) [add pages of full essay].
 
Sadler, Rodney S., Jr.  "Genesis."  In Fortress Commentary on the Bible: The Old Testament and Apocrypha (ed. Gale A. Yee, Hugh R. Page, Jr. and Matthew J. M. Coomber; Minneapolis: Fortress, 2014) 89-136.
[Link above is to the print copy; here is a link to an electronic copy]
 
Sarna, Nahum M.  Genesis = Be-reshit: The Traditional Hebrew Text with New JPS Translation.  Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1989.
 
Speiser, E. A.  Genesis, Anchor Bible 1.  Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1964.
[Link to beginning of commentary here]
 
Westermann, Claus.  Genesis 1–11: A Commentary, trans. John J. Scullion.  Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1984.
 
 
Secondary Literature
 
LaCocque, André.  Onslaught against Innocence: Cain, Abel, and the Yahwist. Eugene, Oregon: Cascade, 2008.
 
Greenspahn, F. E.  When Brothers Dwell Together: The Preeminence of Younger Siblings in the Hebrew Bible.  New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.
 
Van , John.  The Yahwist: A Historian of Israelite Origins.  Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns, 2013.
 
Vermeulen, Karolien.  "Mind the Gap: Ambiguity in the Story of Cain and Abel."  Journal of Biblical Literature 133:1 (2014) 29-42.
 
Wolde, E. J. van.  "The Story of Cain and Abel: A Narrative Study."  Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 16:52 (1991) 25-41.
 
 
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Modern Modes
Religious   Secular
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Titian, Cain and AbelCain and Abel panel, Lorenzo Ghiberti (1425–1452)
 
Primary Text Citation
 
Ghiberti, Lorenzo.  Cain and Abel.  1425–1452.  Bronze.  East doors,Baptistery of Saint John, Florence, Italy.
 
 
Mode
 
 
 
Secondary Literature
 
Relevant Databases for Secondary Sources
  • Art Full Text
  • Art Index Retrospective
  • ARTstor
  • Arts & Humanities Citation Index
  • ATLA Religion Database
  • Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective
  • Humanities Full Text
 
Mullarkey, Maureen.  "'The Gates of Paradise: Lorenzo Ghiberti's Renaissance Masterpiece': Metropolitan Museum of Art."  New Criterion 26:4 (2007) 49-50.
 
 
 
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Titian, Cain and AbelCain and Abel, Titian (1522–1524)
 
Primary Text Citation
 
Titian.  Cain and Abel.  1542–1544.  Oil on canvas.  298 x 292 cm.  Santa Maria della Salute, Venice, Italy.
 
 
Mode
 
 
 
Secondary Literature
 
Relevant Databases for Secondary Sources
  • Art Full Text
  • Art Index Retrospective
  • ARTstor
  • Arts & Humanities Citation Index
  • ATLA Religion Database
  • Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective
  • Humanities Full Text
 
Ekserdjian, David.  "Piranesi and Titian."  Burlington Magazine 131 (1989) 702-703.
 
Friedlaender, Walter Ferdinand.  "Titian and Pordenone."  Art Bulletin 47 (1965) 118-120.
 
Kahr, Madlyn.  "Titian’s Old Testament Cycle."  Journal of the Warburg & Courtauld Institutes 29 (1966) 193-205.
 
Wivel, Matthias.  "A New Drawing by Titian."  Burlington Magazine 155:1320 (2013) 152-156.
 
 
 
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Rubens, Cain Killing AbelCain Killing Abel, Rubens (1608–1609)
 
Primary Text Citation
 
Rubens, Peter Paul.  Cain Killing Abel.  1608–1609.  Oil on panel.  131.2 x 94.2 cm.  The Courtauld Gallery, London, England.
 
 
Mode
 
 
 
Secondary Literature
 
Relevant Databases for Secondary Sources
  • Art Full Text
  • Art Index Retrospective
  • ARTstor
  • Arts & Humanities Citation Index
  • ATLA Religion Database
  • Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective
  • Humanities Full Text
 
Heisner, Beverly.  "A Note on Rubens’ ‘Slain Abel’ in the Bob Jones University Museum, Greenville."  Southeastern College Art Conference Review 9:5 (15 April 1980) 211-215.
 
Jonckheere, Koenraad.  "Two Drawings by Peter Paul Rubens after Adriaen Thomasz. Key."  Master Drawings 44:2 (2006) 213-220.
 
 
 
 
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Citizen Kane, dir. Orson Welles (1941)
 
Primary Text Citation
 
Citizen Kane.  Prod. Orson Welles and George Schaefer, dir. Orson Welles.   1941.  119 min.  RKO Radio Pictures.  [Format you watched it in.]

9.47
 
 
Secondary Literature
 
Relevant Databases for Secondary Sources
  • ATLA Religion Database
  • ComAbstracts
  • Communication Source
  • Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text
  • Film Literature Index
 
Garrelts, G.  "Citizen Kane: Descent into the Demonic."  In Image and Likeness: Religious Visions in American Film Classics (ed. John R. May; New York: Paulist, 1992) pages?.
 
Quinones, Ricardo J.  "Citizen Cain."  In The Changes of Cain: Violence and the Lost Brother in Cain and Abel Literature (Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1991) 23-40.
 
 
Film Reviews
Because these are short and popular, you can read them, but they don't replace the need for at least two professional sources.
 
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Steinbeck, East of EdenEast of Eden, John Steinbeck (1952)
 
Primary Text Citation
 
Steinbeck, John.  East of Eden.  New York: The Viking Press, 1952.
 
 
Mode
 
 
 
Secondary Literature
 
Relevant Databases for Secondary Sources
  • ATLA Religion Database
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Quinones, Ricardo J.  "The New American Cain: East of Eden and Other Works of Post-World War II America."   In The Changes of Cain: Violence and the Lost Brother in Cain and Abel Literature (Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1991) 135-52.
 
 
 
 
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Amadeus, dir. Milos Forman (1984)
 
Primary Text Citation
 
Amadeus.  Produced by Saul Zaentz; directed by Milos Forman.  160 min.   AMLF and The Saul Zantz Company, 1984.  [Format you watched it in].

3.10
 
 
Secondary Literature
 
Relevant Databases for Secondary Sources
  • ATLA Religion Database
  • ComAbstracts
  • Communication Source
  • Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text
  • Film Literature Index
 
Quinones, Ricardo J.  "Amadeus and Prick Up Your Ears."  In The Changes of Cain: Violence and the Lost Brother in Cain and Abel Literature (Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1991) 167-72.
 
Robbins, Gregory.  "Mozart and Salieri, Cain and Abel: A Cinematic Transformation of Genesis 4."  Journal of Religion and Film 1:1 (2016) Article 5.  Online, http://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/jrf/vol1/iss1/5, accessed [your access date].
 
 
Film Reviews
Because these are short and popular, you can read them, but they don't replace the need for at least two professional sources.
 
Walsh, M.  "Amadeus, 'Shamadeus."  Film Comment 20:5 (1984) 51-2.
 
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