artículo
A narrative reading of Gen 4: 1-16: brotherhood and violence
Fecha
2016Registro en:
10.4067/S0049-34492016000300002
0049-3449
WOS:000393322200002
Autor
Ferrada, Andres
Institución
Resumen
This article analyzes synchronously and diachronically Gn 4: 1-16. Narrative analysis brings to light the intention of the story. Through different historical-critical operations, it seeks to elucidate the vital needs of ancient Israel to which the pericope intends to respond. Both approaches converge to reveal, at the very beginning of the Pentateuch, the theological sense to deal with the problem of violence within human fraternity: Envy and anger are irrational feelings in human experience, and start in worship, at the heart of religion, disfiguring it as a privileged space for communion and peace. The divine message proposes a way to integrate violence to the experience of brotherhood: serenity and patience.