Wednesday, May 18, 2005
Cain and Abel or Agricultural Revolution vs. Herders
Chapter 10 of this book is hefty. Ishmael goes into a story about the confusion of good and evil amongst the gods: if the fox eats the quail, is it evil? The gods have the tree of knowledge and set up fate. Adam and Eve come about (naked and pure until Adam finds the knowledge the gods have.)
The story of Cain and Abel represents the farmers vs. the herders; the herders were pushed out by the farmers; killed for their land. Agricultural Revolution has been known as an ascending point in cultural history (civilization). Ishmael states that it is the descending point, because Adam (man) believes he is the anscestor of the earth (TAKER).
1 man and 100 women will produce population, but 100 men and one woman will not.
(This book may be stepping into a hippie light I don't like.)
The story of Cain and Abel represents the farmers vs. the herders; the herders were pushed out by the farmers; killed for their land. Agricultural Revolution has been known as an ascending point in cultural history (civilization). Ishmael states that it is the descending point, because Adam (man) believes he is the anscestor of the earth (TAKER).
1 man and 100 women will produce population, but 100 men and one woman will not.
(This book may be stepping into a hippie light I don't like.)