Language:
English
Year of publication:
2020
Titel der Quelle:
Journal of Biblical Literature
Angaben zur Quelle:
139,4 (2020) 661-673
Keywords:
Cain
;
Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
;
Bible. Social scientific criticism
;
Human skin color Religious aspects
Abstract:
Many interpreters have questioned the “mark” placed on Cain after he kills his brother Abel. The notion of the “mark of Cain” as dark skin is a familiar interpretive tradition. Less well known are interpretations that treat the mark as white skin. This article traces how Black interpreters connect the “mark of Cain,” white skin, and White violence.
DOI:
10.15699/jbl.1394.2020.2
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