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The Mark of Cain and White Violence

Junior, Nyasha
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2020
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http://doi.org/10.1353/jbl.2020.0038
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Many interpreters have questioned the “mark” placed on Cain after he kills his brother Abel. The notion of the “mark of Cain” as dark skin is a familiar interpretive tradition. Less well known are interpretations that treat the mark as white skin. This article traces how Black interpreters connect the “mark of Cain,” white skin, and White violence.
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Junior, Nyasha. "The Mark of Cain and White Violence." Journal of Biblical Literature 139, no. 4 (2020): 661-673. doi: 10.1353/jbl.2020.0038
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Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol. 134, No. 4
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