Cain invites Abel, “Let us go into the field” (4:8). Perhaps Abel took it as a chance for a stroll with his brother, who wants to show him his work. It’s a lying ruse to get Abel alone ...

This is Italian artist Pier Francesco Mola’s depiction of Cain’s murder of his brother Abel. Mola lived from 1612-1666. (Courtesy Photo) Told in the fourth chapter of Genesis, the story of ...

In contrast to Cain, Abel is presented as an innovator, an architect, and/ or as a man who takes action. Unlike his father and unlike his elder brother who represented “the way of the world ...