ABEL, Son of Adam and Eve, in the Bible

in the Bible, son of Adam and Eve, a shepherd, killed by his older brother, Cain; in the Gospel of St. Matthew, mentioned as the first martyr.

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books on: Abel Son of Adam and Eve in the Bible  - 66 results

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Eve's Children: The Biblical Stories Retold and Interpreted in Jewish and Christian Traditions
Book by Gerard P. Luttikhuizen; Brill, 2003
Subjects: Abel--(Biblical Figure)--Congresses, Apocryphal Books (Old Testament)--Criticism, Interpretation, Etc--Congresses, Cain--(Biblical Figure)--Congresses, Christian Literature, Early--History And Criticism--Congresses, Gnosticism--Congresses, Rabbinical Literature--History And Criticism--Congresses, Seth--(Biblical Figure)--Congresses
...is not the son of Adam; he is the...text (that Adam knew Eve...something about Eve, namely Eves sexual desire...that his wife Eve had conceived...this verse: Adam came to her...conceived Abel, as it is...The Aramaic Bible; Edinburgh...
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Taboo or Not Taboo: Sexuality and Family in the Hebrew Bible
Book by Ilona N. Rashkow; Fortress Press, 2000
Subjects: Bible--O.T--Psychology, Problem Families In The Bible, Psychoanalysis And Religion, Sex In The Bible
...expulsion of Adam and Eve from the garden...elsewhere in the Hebrew Bible Israel eventually...eating the fruit Adam and Eve are not...Jubilees (3:6), Adam and Eve have sexual...hawwab zsto. And Adam knew Eve his wife...then have a second son, Abel, and when Adam...but he begets sons and daughters for...
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Immortal Rebels: Freedom for the Individual in the Bible
Book by Israel J. Gerber; Jonathan David, 1963
Subjects: Bible--O.T--Genesis--Psychology
Cain and Abel, the sole offspring of Adam and Eve, fell heir to the entire world...the double share due the oldest son; Abel objected. They finally agreed that...property, the real estate, and Abel the movable goods. As soon as they...
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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Vol. 1
Book by Geoffrey W. Bromiley, Everett F. Harrison, Roland K. Harrison, William Sanford Lasor, Edgar W. Smith; W.B. Eerdmans, 1979
Subjects: Bible--Dictionaries
...Levite, but of the sons of Elam. ABDIAS ab...15). He was the son of Hillel the Pirathonite...offspring (forty sons and thirty grandsons...27f.). 2. The son of Jehiel and his...33f. R. D. WILSON ABEL abal Heb. ha?el...The second son of Adam and Eve (Gen. 4:1-9...
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When Brothers Dwell Together: The Preeminence of Younger Siblings in the Hebrew Bible
Book by Frederick E. Greenspahn; Oxford University Press, 1994
Subjects: Bible--O.T--Criticism, Interpretation, Etc, Brothers In The Bible, First-Born Children In The Bible, Sisters In The Bible
...allow an oldest son to be the ancestor...32 The virtue of Abel, the very first of the Bibles younger children...the Sacrifices of Abel and Cain 1 1 LCL...Mythos von Kain und Abel , ed. Joachim...separate from that of Adam and Eve, as some scholars...
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journal articles on: Abel Son of Adam and Eve in the Bible  - 47 results

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"Cain Rose Up against Abel": Murder, Mystery, and Paradise Lost
Journal article by Cheryl H. Fresch; Christianity and Literature, Vol. 51, 2002
Subjects: Bible stories--Criticism and interpretation, Detective and mystery stories--Religious aspects, Detective fiction--Religious aspects, Fratricide--Portrayals, Mystery fiction--Religious aspects
...all flesh: and your sons and daughters shall...In Paradise Lost Adam becomes the first prophet, recalling to Eve the prophetic voice...Within the Cain-Abel scene that Adam witnesses atop the...sees the death of a son. When Adam asks...
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Cain, Abel, Obligation, and Right
Journal article by Gary Inbinder; Humanitas, Vol. 17, 2004
Subjects: Bible stories--Analysis, Duty--Analysis, Freedom--Analysis, Liberty--Analysis
...the first-born son of Adam and Eve following their...and his mother Eves joyful declaration...understanding of Eves declaration in...us. Further, Eve rejoiced in the...with both God and Adam. Regarding Cains...root of the name Abel is more obscure...
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Manichaica Aramaica? Adam and the Magical Deliverance of Seth
Journal article by John C. Reeves; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 119, 1999
Subjects: Bible. O.T. Genesis (Sacred text)--Analysis, Islam--Literature, Manichaeism--Analysis
...reports: "but Adam seized him and said to Eve, I will feed...puzzling reaction to Eves sinister resolution...fruit respond to Eves assassination...manuscript that Eve had apparently...to nurse it. Adam thereupon makes...from afar (his) son 5. , in order...reference made to Eves magical seduction of Adam, the demonic...story about Adam, Eve, and Seth features...
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Legalizing the Fall of Man
Journal article by Janet Schrunk Ericksen; Medium Aevum, Vol. 74, 2005
Subjects: Adam and Eve (Poem)--Criticism and interpretation, Genesis B (Poem)--Criticism and interpretation, Medieval poetry--Criticism and interpretation, Poetry, Medieval--Criticism and interpretation
...and to Adam and Eves fall to confirm...the Pious or his son, Charles the Bald...de luxe Second Bible of Charles the...all remedies to Adam are uncalled for...degree to which Adam is bound makes...to the Cain and Abel story in Genesis...three individuals: Adam, Eve, and God--for...
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Exegesis of Biblical Theophanies in Byzantine Hymnography: Rewritten Bible?
Journal article by Bogdan G. Bucur; Theological Studies, Vol. 68, 2007
Subjects: Biblical hermeneutics--Analysis, Byzantine literature--Analysis, Hymns--Analysis
...Rewritten Bible? by Bogdan...the Jordan set Adam free receives...nails. The Son of the Virgin...dealings with Adam and Eve in Paradise...who fashioned Eve from Adams side...have fashioned Adam with Your own...only-begotten Son of God rested...
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magazine articles on: Abel Son of Adam and Eve in the Bible  - 13 results

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A Terrible Beauty: Moser's Bible
Magazine article by Catherine Madsen; Cross Currents, Spring-Summer 2000
Subjects: Bible (Sacred text)--Publishing, Christian art and symbolism--Appreciation, Illustrators--Works, Moser, Barry--Works
...Beauty: Mosers Bible. by CATHERINE...Mosers illustrated Bible is one of the rare...does not expect. Adam and Eve -- somewhat sagging...the murdered Abel lies like a mirror...plan for a black Adam and Eve; he finally...is a skeptic, a son of the Christian...
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Is the Bible Bad News for Women?
Magazine article by Cullen Murphy; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 22, Summer 1998
Subjects: Bible and feminism--Analysis, Bible. O.T. (Sacred text)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Women and religion--Analysis, Women in the Bible--Analysis
...and bore a son, and she called...Behold, a son" but also...continue bearing sons. Upon the...the Hebrew Bible as a whole...woman, to whom Adam gives the name Eve, meaning...compassion on the son of her womb...beings, in the Bible human beings...first act of Adam and Eve after eating...
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The Word of God in Pictures
Magazine article by Gloria Cigman; History Today, Vol. 49, July 1999
Subjects: Bible (Sacred text)--History, Catholic Church in France--History, Desmoulins, Guiart--Works
...whereas in the `real Bible, Eve is created after the...which is to heighten Eves culpability, is consistent...returns to reveal to Adam and Eve the full significance...7). God condemns Adam and Eve; his angel...Envy. The Cain and Abel story is perhaps the...
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Notes on God's Violence
Magazine article by Catherine Madsen; Cross Currents, Vol. 51, Summer 2001
Subjects: Bible (Sacred text)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., God--Wrath, Misogyny--Religious aspects, Violence--Moral and religious aspects
...image of what happens when we fail. The Bible is not a blueprint for the ideal relationship...handle, but is no longer shattering. The Bible seems to work from the first, undifferentiated...the tales are brief and simple and the Bible is complex and vast, the two share certain...
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Retelling Genesis
Magazine article by Bette Howland; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, December 2003
Subjects: Abraham (Biblical figure)--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Bible stories, Bible. O.T. Genesis (Sacred work)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...Noah; like Noahs son Ham, they shame him...curse. Yet He casts Adam and Eve out of the Garden...the smell of my son is as the smell of...Abraham banishing the sons of his second alliance...Orthodox Jews call the son the Pray-er, the...sound like Cain and Abel. Rivalry between...
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newspaper articles on: Abel Son of Adam and Eve in the Bible  - 9 results

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Human Sin Is a Sickness That Calls for God's Healing
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 11, 1996
...The word doesnt appear in the Bible until Cain kills Abel. We talk about sin as if it...Sin was caused originally by Adam and Eve, the Bible says. But we cant blame it all...God prepared a body for his son, sent through 40 generations...
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Northwest Suburbs in 60 Seconds
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), March 3, 2011
Subjects: Pizza restaurants, Pizzerias
...framework of the book of Genesis in the Bible, with Act One focusing on the stories of Adam and Eve and Cain and Abel and their relationships with each other...on Noah and his relationship with his son Japheth and his father. Performances...
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Some Suggestions on Football
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, July 13, 2010
...you know that the Bible talks of a far...with God. * * * BIBLE SPORTS HUMOR...mentioned in the Bible? A. When Joseph...the big inning, Eve stole first, Adam stole second. Cain struck out. Abel and the Prodigal Son came home. The...
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Eden Blooms Again at Ford's Theatre
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 10, 2004
...Genesis from the Bible. From our seats...first act were God, Adam and Eve, Cain, Abel and Seth. God had...and God banished Adam and Eve to the wilderness...songs. Cain stabbed Abel with an invisible...dinner to meet his son Japheths wife-to...
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Durham Mysteries Will Rise Again as 80 Proposals Are Whittled Down to Final 10
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), September 3, 2009
...will be working with her DJ son, Fred, to offer an innovative...account of the story of Cain and Abel, and Timothy Craig Morrison...a simple means of conveying Bible stories - such as the Creation, Adam and Eve, Noahs Ark, and the Day of...
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encyclopedia articles on: Abel Son of Adam and Eve in the Bible  - 2 results

 
 
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Abel , Son of Adam and Eve, in the Bible
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ABEL , son of Adam and Eve, in the Bible in the Bible, son of Adam and Eve, a shepherd, killed by his older brother, Cain; in the Gospel of St. Matthew, mentioned as the first martyr. ____________________ Copyright 2009...
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Cain
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CAIN kan, in the Bible, eldest son of Adam and Eve, a tiller of the soil. In jealousy he killed his brother Abel and became a fugitive. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission...


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