Download or read book Cain and Abel in Text and Tradition written by John Byron and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-02-14 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cain and Abel story is riddled with linguistic ambiguities and narrative gaps. Jewish and Christian interpreters often expanded the story in an attempt to fill the gaps and answer questions. This book traces the interpretive history of Genesis 4.