Onslaught Against Innocence: Cain, Abel, and the Yahwist

In this companion to his 2006 The Trial of Innocence: Adam, Eve, and the Yahwist Lacocque (emeritus Old Testament, Chicago Theological Seminary) extends his essay on the dialectic anthropology in Genesis 2:4-4:1 according to J, the so-called Yahwist literary source responsible for much of the narrative part in the chapters 2-11 of Genesis. Among his perspectives are agriculturalist Cain and shepherd Able, God's favoritism, Cain builds the first city, and the Yahwist and the origin of culture and civilization. First published in 2008 by Cascade Books. Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)