Cain (Biblical figure)

Overview

Works:	386 works in 911 publications in 26 languages and 14,531 library holdings

Publication Timeline

1670 |

|2020

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Publications about Cain

Publications by Cain

Most widely held works about Cain

Year one ( Visual )
The primal curse; the myth of Cain and Abel in the theatre by Honor Matthews ( Book )
Cain & Abel : finding the fruits of peace by Sandy Eisenberg Sasso ( Book )
The changes of Cain : violence and the lost brother in Cain and Abel literature by Ricardo J Quinones ( Book )
The mark of Cain by Ruth Mellinkoff ( Book )

Cain and Beowulf : a study in secular allegory by David Williams ( Book )
The drunkenness of Noah by H. Hirsch Cohen ( Book )
Cain by José Saramago ( Book )
Eve's children the biblical stories retold and interpreted in Jewish and Christian traditions ( Book )
Il primo omicidio by Alessandro Scarlatti ( Recording )
The very model of a man by Howard Jacobson ( Book )
Balada de Caín by Manuel Vicent ( Book )
The betrayal of brotherhood in the work of John Steinbeck ( Book )
Onslaught against innocence : Cain, Abel, and the Yahwist by André Lacocque ( Book )
Cain by Rogier van Aerde ( Book )
Kain und Abel in der deutschen Dichtung by Auguste Brieger ( Book )
Cain and Abel in Syriac and Greek writers (4th-6th centuries) by Johannes Bartholdy Glenthøj ( Book )
Fallen by David Maine ( Book )
The trial of Cain, the first murderer in poetry, by rule of court : in which a predestinarian, a Universalian, and an Arminian, argue as attornies at the bar by Erastus Brown ( Book )
The death of Cain in five books ; after the manner of The death of Abel by Mary Collyer ( Book )

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Most widely held works by Cain

The death of Abel. In five books by Salomon Gessner ( Book )
258 editions published between 1758 and 1979 in 8 languages and held by 322 libraries worldwide

The death of Abel In five books. Attempted from the German of Mr. Gessner by Mary Collyer ( Book )
21 editions published between 1761 and 1799 in English and held by 47 libraries worldwide

Price build-up today : first published in 'The Builder' (now 'Building'), with additional data including tables for converting labour constants to cash equivalents by Cain ( Book )
1 edition published in 1967 in English and held by 5 libraries worldwide

How do I love thee : for full chorus of mixed voices, eight parts unaccompanied by Cain ( )
1 edition published in 1936 in English and held by 1 library worldwide

The elder brother by Cain ( Book )
1 edition published in 1964 in English and held by 1 library worldwide

Audience Level

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	Kids	General	Special

Audience level: 0.83 (from 0.50 for Price buil ... to 0.84 for The death ...)

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Alternative Names

Cain

Kain (Biblical figure)

Ḳayin (Biblical figure)

Qābīl (Biblical figure)

Qayin (Biblical figure)

קין

Languages

English (633)
German (87)
French (57)
Hebrew (32)
Spanish (23)
Latin (18)
Italian (16)
Dutch (10)
Russian (7)
Arabic (5)
Portuguese (4)
Welsh (3)
Greek, Modern (3)
Hungarian (3)
Polish (2)
Korean (2)
Swedish (1)
No Linguistic content (1)
Afrikaans (1)
Philippine (1)
Malay (1)
Albanian (1)
Multiple languages (1)
Norwegian (1)
Pushto (1)
Undetermined (1)

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Covers

Cain & Abel : finding the fruits of peace

The changes of Cain : violence and the lost brother in Cain and Abel literature

Eve's children the biblical stories retold and interpreted in Jewish and Christian traditions

The betrayal of brotherhood in the work of John Steinbeck