Cain and Abel, Genesis 4, is one of the most fascinating stories in the Bible. You probably know the story. This week I invite you to think about why the story is there and what you can learn from it.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Cain and Abel is no exception, and in training its sights on the Bible's foundational myth of violence, The Rabble makes central ...

Who was the better person, Cain or Abel? It is possible to see the tale of Cain and Abel in a different light. In his Guide of the Perplexed 3:32, Maimonides states that God neither needs nor wants ...

Man having fallen and been expelled from Eden, the Bible moves on. The first thing we learn is that Eve has a bouncing baby boy, Cain. Then another, Abel. The next thing we’re told is their work: Abel ...

Two hundred years ago, in America, many white people justified the slavery of Africans arguing that their black skin was the ‘mark of Cain’. That they descended from the first murderer in recorded ...

Joel S. Baden is professor of the Hebrew Bible at the Yale Divinity School. Anthony Scaramucci, the new director of communications for the Trump administration, described his stormy relationship with ...

(This continues where I left off on the story of human nomadism, following the book Nomads. The Wanderers Who Shaped Our World by Anthony Sattin. BusinessMirror, Opinion. August 10, 2024) DESCRIBED by ...

In his lightning-brief career as White House communications director, Anthony “the Mooch” Scaramucci magnified the Trump administration’s reputation for disarray. But he also bequeathed a valuable ...