The Curse of Cain: The Violent Legacy of Monotheism

THE CURSE OF CAIN confronts the inherent ambiguities of biblical stories on many levels and, in the end, offers an alternative, inspiring reading of the Bible that is attentive to visions of plenitude rather than scarcity, and to an ethics based on generosity rather than violence. "(A) provocative and timely examination of the interrelationship of monotheism and violence. . . ".--BOOKLIST.