See E. Anum, “The Usage of the Bible in African Missionary History: The Legacy of the New Testament Usage that Lingers on in Africa,” Ghana Bulletin of Theology 1 (2006), 69-82; K. Bediako, “Biblical Exegesis in the African Context: The Factor and Impact of the Translated Scriptures,” Journal of African Christian Thought, 6 (2003), 15-30.

See E. Anum, “The Usage of the Bible in African Missionary History: The Legacy of the New Testament Usage that Lingers on in Africa,” Ghana Bulletin of Theology 1 (2006), 69-82; K. Bediako, “Biblical Exegesis in the African Context: The Factor and Impact of the Translated Scriptures,” Journal of African Christian Thought, 6 (2003), 15-30.)| false
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Ossom-Batsa, “African Interpretation,” 99.

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A. Kabasele Mukenge, “Gn 4,1-16 dans le context African,” in Lectures et relectures de la Bible (eds. J.-M. Auwers and A. Wénin; BEThL 146; Lueven: Peeters Publishers, 1999), 421-441; A. Kabasele Mukenge, “Lire la Bible dans le context Africain. Approche et Perspectives,” in Congress Volume Leiden 2004 (ed. A. Lemaire; VT.S, 109; Leiden–Boston: Brill), 401-418.

A. Kabasele Mukenge, “Gn 4,1-16 dans le context African,” in Lectures et relectures de la Bible (eds. J.-M. Auwers and A. Wénin; BEThL 146; Lueven: Peeters Publishers, 1999), 421-441; A. Kabasele Mukenge, “Lire la Bible dans le context Africain. Approche et Perspectives,” in Congress Volume Leiden 2004 (ed. A. Lemaire; VT.S, 109; Leiden–Boston: Brill), 401-418.)| false
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Mukenge, “Gn 4,1-16 dans le context African,” 437-438.

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Mukenge, “Gn 4,1-16 dans le context African,” 438.

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Mukenge, “Lire la Bible,” 410.

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McEntire, “Cain and Abel in Africa,” 252.

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Oduyoye, The Sons of God, 73.

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I.J. Mosala, Biblical Hermeneutics and Black Theology in South Africa (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1989).

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Boesak, Black and Reformed, 151.

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Boesak, Black and Reformed, 157.

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Boesak, Black and Reformed, 155-156.

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Mosala, Biblical Hermeneutics, 35.

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Mosala, Biblical Hermeneutics, 35-36.

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Mosala, Biblical Hermeneutics, 197-197.

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See Niccacci, Sintassi, 20, 43.

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L. Alonso Schökel, Dov’è tuo fratello? Pagine di fraternità nel libro della Genesi (Brescia: Paideia Editrice, 1987), 33.

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See K.M. Craing, Jr., Asking for Rhetoric. The Hebrew Bible in Protean Interrogative (Boston-Leiden: Brill, 2005), 27-48; A.J. Hauser, “Linguistic and Thematic Links between Genesis 4.1-16 and Genesis 2-3,” jets 23 (1980), 297-305.

See K.M. Craing, Jr., Asking for Rhetoric. The Hebrew Bible in Protean Interrogative (Boston-Leiden: Brill, 2005), 27-48; A.J. Hauser, “Linguistic and Thematic Links between Genesis 4.1-16 and Genesis 2-3,” jets 23 (1980), 297-305.)| false
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Cfr. J. Skinner, A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Genesis (Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1930), 105: “Why was the one sacrifice accepted and not the other? The distinction must lie either (a) in the disposition of the brothers . . . or (b) in the material of the sacrifice.”

Cfr. J. Skinner, A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Genesis (Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1930), 105: “Why was the one sacrifice accepted and not the other? The distinction must lie either (a) in the disposition of the brothers . . . or (b) in the material of the sacrifice.”)| false
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See Westermann, Genesis, 296-297. Westermann’s position is reiterated by W.L. Humphreys, The Character of God in the Book of Genesis (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2001), 55-56, who sees the silence in the Hebrew text as a sign of difficulty to justify God’s arbitrary behavior. Wénin, “Caïn,” 42, believes that yhwh’s apparent injustice has the narrative purpose of establishing sympathy in the reader that allows him to identify with Cain.

See Westermann, Genesis, 296-297. Westermann’s position is reiterated by W.L. Humphreys, The Character of God in the Book of Genesis (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2001), 55-56, who sees the silence in the Hebrew text as a sign of difficulty to justify God’s arbitrary behavior. Wénin, “Caïn,” 42, believes that yhwh’s apparent injustice has the narrative purpose of establishing sympathy in the reader that allows him to identify with Cain.)| false
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Alonso Schökel, Dov’è tuo fratello?, 39; García Martínez, “Caín,” 28-29.

Alonso Schökel, Dov’è tuo fratello?, 39; García Martínez, “Caín,” 28-29.)| false
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Weinrich, Tempus, 53. The author acutely observes, “. . . by principle, a not-narrative discourse is ‘dangerous’ because it calls for a stance. On the contrary, a narration is perceived as non-challenging, because the story requires only to be listened to” (Weinrich, Tempus, 54-55). See Gatti, . . . perché il «piccolo» diventi «fratello», 42-45.

Weinrich, Tempus, 53. The author acutely observes, “. . . by principle, a not-narrative discourse is ‘dangerous’ because it calls for a stance. On the contrary, a narration is perceived as non-challenging, because the story requires only to be listened to” (Weinrich, Tempus, 54-55). See Gatti, . . . perché il «piccolo» diventi «fratello», 42-45.)| false
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Craing, Asking for Rhetoric, 36. Opinions diverge regarding the meaning of the syntagm: G.R. Castellino, “Genesis IV: 7,” vt 10 (1960), 442-445, for example, interprets it in the sense of re-establishing an interior balance, while Bovati affirms that in the legal field it means “to practice favoritism, to favor,” and in the contest of the bilateral fight “grant the favor, grant the grace”. P. Bovati, Ristabilire la giustizia. Procedure, vocabolario, orientamenti (Rome: Biblical Institute, 1986), 174-175.179.

Craing, Asking for Rhetoric, 36. Opinions diverge regarding the meaning of the syntagm: G.R. Castellino, “Genesis IV: 7,” vt 10 (1960), 442-445, for example, interprets it in the sense of re-establishing an interior balance, while Bovati affirms that in the legal field it means “to practice favoritism, to favor,” and in the contest of the bilateral fight “grant the favor, grant the grace”. P. Bovati, Ristabilire la giustizia. Procedure, vocabolario, orientamenti (Rome: Biblical Institute, 1986), 174-175.179.)| false
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See Wenham, Genesis, 105; Wénin, “Caïn,” 44-45. Cfr. Gen. 34:7; 1 Sam. 18:8; Neh. 4:1; Num. 16:15.

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A. Neher, L’exil de la parole: du silence biblique au silence d’Auschwitz (Paris: Seuil, 1970), 107.

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Bovati, Ristabilire la giustizia, 64-67. Craig, Asking for Rhetoric, 42-43, compares yhwh’s question with a preceding where-question (Gen. 3:9) asked to Adam. Both have the narrative purpose of inviting the culprit to acknowledge his responsibility.

Bovati, Ristabilire la giustizia, 64-67. Craig, Asking for Rhetoric, 42-43, compares yhwh’s question with a preceding where-question (Gen. 3:9) asked to Adam. Both have the narrative purpose of inviting the culprit to acknowledge his responsibility.)| false
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K.M. Swenson, “Care and Keeping East of Eden: Gen 4:1-16 in Light of Gen 2-3,” Interpretation 60, no. 4 (2006), 373-384.

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Bovati, Ristabilire la giustizia, 47-48; Wenham, Genesis, 107.

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E. Van Wolde, “The Link among dām, ‘ādām, and ‘adāmāh in Genesis 2-4,” in Sangue e antropologia nella liturgia (ed. F. Vattioni; Rome: Pia Unione Preziosissimo Sangue 1984), 219-227; see Craig, Asking for Rhetoric, 47.

E. Van Wolde, “The Link among dām, ‘ādām, and ‘adāmāh in Genesis 2-4,” in Sangue e antropologia nella liturgia (ed. F. Vattioni; Rome: Pia Unione Preziosissimo Sangue 1984), 219-227; see Craig, Asking for Rhetoric, 47.)| false
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See Gyekye, African Cultural Value, 14-19.

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Mbiti, African Religions, 101.

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Mbiti, African Religions, 106.

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See Mbiti, African Religions, 118-129.

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See Mbiti, African Religions, 106.

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J. Guitton, Il Cristo dilacerato: Crisi e Concili nella Chiesa (Classici Cristiani Nuova Serie, Rome: Cantagalli, 2002), 54.

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Swenson, “Care and Keeping,” 384.

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S. Hand, The Lévinas Reader (Cambridge: Blackwell, 1989), 247.

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