{"product_id":"onslaught-against-innocence-andrzs-lacocque-9780227173190","title":"Onslaught Against Innocence: Cain, Abel and the Yahwist","description":"An analytical study of the biblical myth of Cain and Abel, revealing the narrative intricacies and the profound insights of the story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is a literary-critical analysis of the myth of Cain and Abel, masterfully related in Genesis 4 by the Yahwist, probably the greatest storyteller in the Hebrew Bible. The Yahwist (commonly refered to as J, responsible for much of the Chapters 2-11 of Genesis) narrates the initial slaughter of one human being by another, and strikingly, it is described as fratricidal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOnslaught Against Innocence explores the anthropological, theological, and psychological dimensions of this universal myth. LaCocque provides a close reading of J's story by using literary and psychological criticism, revealing that the biblical author has more than an \"archaeological\" design. Rather, his characters - including God, Adam, Eve, Cain, and Abel, plus minor figures - are paradigmatic, and as such they allow J to proceed with a fine analytical feel for the nature of evil. LaCocque shows that this well known story is much more than it seems at first sight; it is a portrait of a humanity that is always torn between the innocence of Eden and its denial; between what J calls \"doing well\" and \"not doing well\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e André Lacocque\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0227173198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780227173190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e James Clarke Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/24\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d","brand":"André Lacocque","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48807733788927,"sku":"9780227173190","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/onslaught-against-innocence-andrzs-lacocque-9780227173190","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}