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For few verses in the Bible is the relationship between scripture and the artistic imagination more intriguing than for the conclusion of Genesis 4:15: "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, that whosoever found him should not kill him."
What was the mark of Cain? The answers set before us in this sensitive study by art historian Ruth Mellinkoff are sometimes poignant, frequently surprising. An early summary of rabbinic answers, for examples...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0520039696
ISBN13:9780520039698
Release Date:January 1981
Publisher:University of California Press
Length:128 Pages
Weight:0.65 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"
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Mellinkoff's THE MARK OF CAIN was originally published in 1981 by the University of California Press. Focused primarily on material produced during the medieval period, Mellinkoff surveys the history of the legend of Cain and the nature of his mark as represented in literary texts and the visual arts from antiquity to the twentieth century. The book is fully indexed, contains a bibliography and endnotes, and concludes with 22 plates of reproduced artwork.
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