@article{Harritsø_2012, title={Kainfortællingen i antikke oversættelser og fortolkninger}, volume={75}, url={https://tidsskrift.dk/dtt/article/view/105583}, DOI={10.7146/dtt.v75i3.105583}, abstractNote={<p>Today Cain and Abel are considered the personifi cation of evil<br />itself and the saintlike innocent victim, respectively. The third character<br />of the narrative, Yahweh, seems to be forgotten in the interpretation of<br />the story. He is the one who, by rejecting Cain’s offering, infl ames the<br />anger in him, leading to the fratricide. The story of Cain and Abel as<br />presented in the masoretic version of Genesis 4:1-16 is an ambiguous<br />and versatile story, where Yahweh is presented as a somewhat unjust and<br />passionate God. Cain is portrayed as a facetted human being containing<br />both good and evil. Abel’s character, on the other hand, is barely<br />described. In spite of the fact that the original masoretic version of the<br />narrative does not support the interpretation mentioned above, this interpretation is predominant in contemporary consciousness.</p>}, number={3}, journal={Dansk Teologisk Tidsskrift}, author={Harritsø, Lizette}, year={2012}, month={okt.}, pages={187–202} }