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035			_a(OCoLC)35521716 _z(OCoLC)37157028 _z(OCoLC)228388207
050	0	0	_aBS 661 _b.S35 1997
049			_aVF$A
100	1		_aSchwartz, Regina M.
245	1	4	_aThe curse of Cain : _bthe violent legacy of monotheism / _cRegina M. Schwartz.
260			_aChicago : _bUniversity of Chicago Press, _c1997.
300			_axv, 211 p. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 177-202) and index.
520	1		_a"A murderer, an outcast, a man cursed by God and exiled from his people - Cain, the biblical killer of Abel, is a figure of utter disdain. But that disdain is curiously in evidence well before his brother's death, as God inexplicably refuses Cain's sacrifice while accepting Abel's. Cain kills in a rage of exclusion, yet it is God himself who has set the brothers apart." "For Regina Schwartz, we ignore the dark side of the Bible to our peril. The perplexing story of Cain and Abel is emblematic of the tenacious influence of the Bible on secular notions of identity - notions that are all too often violently exclusionary, negatively defining "us" against "them" in ethnic, religious, racial, gender, and nationalistic terms. In this compelling work of cultural and biblical criticism, Schwartz contends that it is the very concept of monotheism and its jealous demand for exclusive allegiance - to one God, one Land, one Nation or one People - that informs the model of collective identity forged in violence, against the other." "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 with collective abuse. Recovering the Bible's often misguided role as a handbook for politics and social thought, Schwartz demonstrates just how dangerous it can be."--BOOK JACKET.
650		0	_aEthnicity _xBiblical teaching.
650		0	_aEthnology in the Bible.
650		0	_aViolence _xReligious aspects.
650		0	_aMonotheism.
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/uchi052/96043269.html
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0609/96043269-b.html
856	4	1	_3Table of contents only _uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0608/96043269-t.html
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