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Abel et Caïn, Exégèse et Iconographie

2024, Abel et Caïn, Exégèse et Iconographie

Abstract

The Genesis silences let open many questions : Why God prefered Abel’s offering ? Why Cain killed Abel ? How Cain killed his brother ? When and how did Cain die ? The Jewish, Christian and Islamic glosis and legends suggest divergent answers. Artistic symbolic topoi drive religious teaching. An extensive Iconography of 223 images are enlightened by the Glosis as well as by Psychanlysis. We introduce a new Interpretation of the Murder of Cain by Lamech Abel and Cain stiry in literature, cinema and music is introduced