[squarebarb]

Excellent article, very intriguing, thanks renfield and thanks blam.

Cain and Abel?

Since the books and poetry and epics in the Bible were first passed down by memorization, they were of necessity brief and concentrated. But the Cain/Abel split seems verified here.

[CletusVanDamme]

J2 you say..........

This bears more study.

[DManA]

The Earth has been around for billions of years but the the modern HUMAN world certainly did begin 6000 years ago.

[blam]

"Since the books and poetry and epics in the Bible were first passed down by memorization, they were of necessity brief and concentrated. But the Cain/Abel split seems verified here."

In chapter 14 of Stephen Oppenheimer's book, Eden In The East, he covers Cain & Abel tales in the people of Southeast Asia. Their Cain & Abel characters are named Manup & Kulabob.