Today's reading from Genesis 4:8-15 brings to a tragic conclusion the story of Cain and Abel. Murder is murder, it's a fact of daily life wherever human beings live with other human beings. What is troubling is how the Yahwist, or whoever wrote this part of Genesis, has set it up in a context of religious …
Human Freedom Revealed
The mythopoeic genius of the Yahwist writer continues to unfold in today's reading, Genesis 2:20-3:20. The readings from Isaiah 3:1-14 and Proverbs 3:19-34 contain a few gems - "O my people, your leaders mislead you, and confuse the course of your paths" (Isaiah 3:12); "Do not say to your neighbor, 'Go, and come again, tomorrow I will …
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