The Cain and Abel narrative is often read as a story of how sin spread among humans after the fall in the Garden of Eden. However, this common interpretation does not hold up. In the context of the non-priestly primeval history, the Cain and Abel narrative rather reflects on the person of Cain the consequences of the previously acquired knowledge of good and evil. According to the Cain and Abel narrative, the person endowed with knowledge of good and evil is undoubtedly capable of doing good. But he must also want to do the good. He must orient his actions towards the good. If he does this, he can live with a clear conscience. If he does not, then - and only then - he risks falling into the realm of sin and succumbing to sin.
Enthalten in:
Evangelische Theologie; 2021/3 Zweimonatsschrift
(2021)
Serie / Reihe: Evangelische Theologie
Personen: Wöhrle, Jakob
Wöhrle, Jakob:
Von der Fähigkeit des Menschen, das Gute zu tun : die Kain und Abel-Erzählung im Kontext der nichtpriesterlichen Urgeschichte / Jakob Wöhrle, 2021. - Seite 192-207 - (Evangelische Theologie)
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