Cain and Abel in Syriac and Greek Writers (4th-6th Centuries) |
Contents
U Between verses 8 and | 9 |
Z Verse | 11 |
N Verse 5b 1 Adam as subject | 107 |
The reaction of Cains family to his rejection | 110 |
Medical language | 111 |
Reproach | 112 |
Division of the offering | 113 |
Exhortation to remain still | 114 |
Cains thoughts after his act of murder | 155 |
Cain in relation to his parents | 156 |
Witnesses | 158 |
Gods dwelling place | 159 |
Cains future life | 160 |
Typological interpretation | 161 |
Contrast between lovemercy and angerjustice | 162 |
Contrast between ignorance and knowledge | 163 |
God does not punish at this point | 115 |
Allegorical interpretation | 116 |
You shall rule by means of it | 117 |
Sins activity | 119 |
Development of the narrative | 120 |
Cains reaction in relation to Abel | 121 |
Cains inner state | 122 |
Gods response to Cain | 123 |
Abels reaction to Cain on meeting him | 125 |
S Verse 8a 1 Habitation of the brothers | 126 |
Cains appeal to Abel to come with him and Abels response | 127 |
On the way | 131 |
A new sacrifice | 132 |
Cain in relation to God | 133 |
Typological interpretation | 134 |
Abels reaction to Cains intention to kill him and Cains response | 135 |
Themes in the dialogue | 137 |
Age at the time of the murder | 145 |
Cains attitude | 148 |
Weapon | 149 |
The novelty of murderdeath | 150 |
The murder is beyond forgiveness | 151 |
Death of just martyrs like Abel | 152 |
Allegorical interpretation | 153 |
Cain and the corpse | 154 |
The attitude of God towards Cain | 164 |
Verse 9b 1 Cains inner state | 166 |
Gods relationship to Cain and Abel | 168 |
Development of speech and narrative | 169 |
Typological interpretation | 170 |
Y Verse 10 | 171 |
The question | 172 |
Cains reaction | 173 |
Innocence | 174 |
Witnesses | 175 |
Description of the curses | 176 |
The purpose of the curse | 177 |
The curse in relation to the earth | 178 |
Typological interpretation | 179 |
Produce | 180 |
The reason why Cain was trembling | 182 |
Development of narrative | 183 |
Forgiveness | 185 |
Cains answer in relation to punishment and death | 186 |
Removal from the earth | 187 |
Cains relationship to death | 188 |
Who might kill Cain? | 189 |
Gods answer in relation to the length of Cains life | 190 |
Common terms and phrases
Abel to Cain Abel's offering Adam and Eve Adam's Allegorical interpretation anger Aphrahat Apocryphon of John Aptowitzer BasCaes BasSel biblical birth blood bring offerings Brock brother Cain and Abel Cain wanted Cain's Cain's offering Cave Christ Clement of Alexandria Comm commentary contrast Cosmas Cp betw cp JacSer Cp v8b curse CyrAlex CyrAlex 36C death dialogue DidAlex Diodore earth envy EphGr 84a EphGr 86b Ephrem III.2 EusEm exegesis fire firstborn Fragments on Gen Gnostic God's Greek Haer homilies Inv v8b Irenaeus JacSer 14 JohnChr 155 judgement kill Abel Kontakion Lamech Matt mountains murder Narsai Origen Paradise Peshitta ProcGaz PsEph punishment quoted Rabba rejected relation repentance sacrifice Satan SevGab sins sister Sogh sons speaks speech Symm Syriac tradition Targum theme TheodC Typological interpretation v8 and 9 Vainglory 39 verb αὐτοῦ εἰς ἐν ἐπὶ καὶ τὰ τὴν τῆς τὸ τὸν τοῦ τῷ τῶν Ср