"The Bible: In the Beginning... The Bible: In the Beginning... is a 1966 American-Italian religious epic film produced by Dino De Laurentiis and directed by John Huston. It recounts the first 22 chapters of the biblical Book of Genesis, covering the stories from Adam and Eve to the binding of Isaac. Released by 20th Century Fox, the film was photographed by Giuseppe Rotunno in Dimension 150 (color by DeLuxe Color), a variant of the 70mm Todd-AO format. It stars Michael Parks as Adam, Ulla Bergryd as Eve, Richard Harris as Cain, John Huston as Noah, Stephen Boyd as Nimrod, George"
"Cain and Abel In the biblical Book of Genesis, Cain and Abel are the first two sons of Adam and Eve. Cain, the firstborn, was a farmer, and his brother Abel was a shepherd. The brothers made sacrifices to God, each of his own produce, but God favored Abel's sacrifice instead of Cain's. Cain then murdered Abel, whereupon God punished Cain to a life of wandering. Cain then dwelt in the land of Nod (, ""wandering""), where he built a city and fathered the line of descendants beginning with Enoch. The narrative never explicitly states Cain's motive for murdering his"
"to strike the victim on the heart, where it was enough to kill, but struck the victim on the loins, where it was not, and yet the victim died. Interpreting the consequences of murder (prohibited in (5:17 in NJPS) and (20:13 in NJPS)), the Mishnah taught that God created the first human (Adam) alone to teach that Scripture imputes guilt to one who destroys a single soul of Israel as though that person had destroyed a complete world, and Scripture ascribes merit to one who preserves a single soul of Israel as though that person had preserved a complete world."
"brother, nor God's reason for rejecting Cain's sacrifice, nor details on the identity of Cain's wife. Some traditional interpretations consider Cain to be the originator of evil, violence, or greed. According to Genesis, Cain was the first human born and Abel was the first to die. The story of Cain's murder of Abel and its consequences is told in Genesis 4:1-18 (""Translation and notes from Robert Alter, ""The Five Books of Moses""""): And the human knew Eve his woman and she conceived and bore Cain, and she said, ""I have got me a man with the Lord."" And she bore"
"Death penalty in the Bible The Bible records various proscriptions and instances of the death penalty. In the Genesis creation narrative (Book of Genesis 2:17), God tells Adam ""But of the Tree of Knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat of it, for on the day that you eat thereof, you shall surely die."" According to the Talmud, this verse is a death penalty. In Genesis 9:6, as part of the Noahide covenant, God tells Noah ""Whoever sheds the blood of man through man shall his blood be shed, for in the image of God He made man."""
"This, however, does not allow for descendants to be punished in place of their ancestors.) Though this crime took place almost two thousand years earlier, there are 'none like you' 10 who are capable of rectifying this crime. According to the poem, the first two to be executed were Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel and Rabbi Yishmael ben Elisha ha-Kohen Gadol. Rabban Shimon Ben Gamliel was beheaded, and while Rabbi Yishmael wept, the Roman ruler's daughter coveted Rabbi Yishmael for his physical beauty. When she was told that he would have to be executed as well, she asked that the skin"
"accusation of deicide against Jews. This text blames the Jews for allowing King Herod and Caiaphas to execute Jesus, despite their calling as God's people (i.e., both were Jewish). It says ""you did not know, O Israel, that this one was the firstborn of God"". The author does not attribute particular blame to Pontius Pilate, but only mentions that Pilate washed his hands of guilt. St John Chrysostom made the charge of deicide the cornerstone of his theology. He was the first to use the term 'deicide' and the first Christian preacher to apply the word ""deicide"" to the Jewish"
"Massacre of the Innocents In the New Testament, the Massacre of the Innocents is the incident in the nativity narrative of the Gospel of Matthew in which Herod the Great, king of Judea, orders the execution of all male children two years old and under in the vicinity of Bethlehem. Most modern biographers of Herod, and probably a majority of biblical scholars, dismiss Matthew's story as an invention. The Church has claimed the children murdered in Jesus's stead as the first Christian martyrs, and their feast Holy Innocents Day is celebrated on 28 December. Matthew 2 tells how the Magi,"
"liable for murder who intended to strike the victim on the loins, where the blow was insufficient to kill, but struck the heart instead, where it was sufficient to kill, and the victim died. One was not liable for murder who intended to strike the victim on the heart, where it was enough to kill, but struck the victim on the loins, where it was not, and yet the victim died. Interpreting the consequences of murder (prohibited in (20:13 in the NJPS) and (5:17 in the NJPS)), the Mishnah taught that God created the first human (Adam) alone to teach"
"the duty of the individual and family to avenge evil on behalf of God. The executor of the law of blood-revenge who personally put the initial killer to death was given a special designation: ""go'el haddam"", the blood-avenger or blood-redeemer (Book of Numbers 35: 19, etc.). Six Cities of Refuge were established to provide protection and due process for any unintentional manslayers. The avenger was forbidden from harming the unintentional killer if the killer took refuge in one of these cities. As the ""Oxford Companion to the Bible"" states: ""Since life was viewed as sacred (Genesis 9.6), no amount of"
"story appears in the Quran, in Surah 5, verses 27 to 31: The story of Cain and Abel has always been used as a deterrent from murder in Islamic tradition. Abdullah ibn Mas'ud reported that Muhammad said in a hadith: ""No soul is wrongfully killed except that some of the burden falls upon the son of Adam, for he was the first to establish the practice of murder."" Muslim scholars were divided on the motives behind Cain's murder of Abel, and further why the two brothers were obliged to offer sacrifices to God. Some scholars believed that Cain's motives were"
"murder, that man must be killed."" In Judeo-Christian traditions, the prohibition against murder is one of the Ten Commandments given by God to Moses in (Exodus: 20v13) and (Deuteronomy 5v17). The Vulgate and subsequent early English translations of the Bible used the term ""secretly killeth his neighbour"" or ""smiteth his neighbour secretly"" rather than ""murder"" for the Latin ""clam percusserit proximum"". Later editions such as Young's Literal Translation and the World English Bible have translated the Latin ""occides"" simply as ""murder"" rather than the alternatives of ""kill"", ""assassinate"", ""fall upon"", or ""slay"". In Islam according to the Qur'an, one of"
"Acts 12 Acts 12 is the twelfth chapter of the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It records the death of the first apostle, James, son of Zebedee, followed by the miraculous escape of Peter from prison, the death of Herod Agrippa I, and the early ministry of Barnabas and Paul of Tarsus. The book containing this chapter is anonymous, but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that Luke composed this book as well as the Gospel of Luke. The original text is written in Koine Greek and is divided into 25 verses. Some most"
"doing so, he ruined himself and became of those who remain lost. This would be the earliest example of the murder of a righteous man taking place upon the earth. In the future, many other evildoers would slay the wise and pious believers. Right after the murder took place, God sent a raven who scratched the ground to show Cain how to hide the body of dead person. Cain, in his shame, began to curse himself and he became full of guilt. The thought of the crime at last came to the murderer, as he realized indeed how dreadful it"
"defiance of right, slay the prophets, and slay those who teach just dealing with mankind, announce to them a grievous penalty"". Cain and Abel in Islam Qābīl and Hābīl (, Cain and Abel) are believed by Muslims to have been the first two sons of Adam () and Hawwa’ (, Eve) mentioned in the Qur’an. The events of the story in the Qur’an are virtually the same as the Hebrew Bible narrative: Both the brothers were asked to offer up individual sacrifices to God; God accepted Abel's sacrifice and rejected Cain's; out of jealousy, Cain slew Abel - the first"
"a dozen or so may have been too insignificant to be recorded by Josephus, who could not be aware of every incident far in the past when he wrote it. The story's first appearance in any source other than the Gospel of Matthew is in the apocryphal Protoevangelium of James of , which excludes the Flight into Egypt and switches the attention of the story to the infant John the Baptist: And when Herod knew that he had been mocked by the Magi, in a rage he sent murderers, saying to them: Slay the children from two years old and"
"Rashi says that there must be two witnesses of a murder for a murderer to receive the death penalty, because murder destroys the image of God. Certain sins are punishable by death in the Torah, including idolatry, taking God's name in vain, violation of the Sabbath, rebellion against parents, murder, and adultery. In 1 Kings 18:40, Elijah kills the prophets of Baal. The Talmud explains that, while Elijah himself deserved death for offering sacrifice on a mountain, the mitzvot Elijah had contravened was abrogated. John 8:3-11 records a woman caught in adultery being brought to Jesus for judgment. Jesus does"
"also a twelfth-century creation."" The first recorded ritual murder accusation against Jews was that of William of Norwich, reported by a monk Thomas of Monmouth. The descriptions of torture and human sacrifice in the antisemitic blood libels run contrary to many of the teachings of Judaism. The Ten Commandments forbid murder. The use of blood (human or otherwise) in cooking is prohibited by Kashrut and blood and other discharges from the human body are considered ritually unclean. () The Bible (Old Testament) and Jewish teachings portray human sacrifice as one of the evils that separated the pagans of Canaan from"
"narrative, saying that both the brothers were asked to offer up individual sacrifices to God. God accepted Abel's sacrifice because of Abel's righteousness and Cain, out of jealousy, slew Abel. This was the first ever sin committed upon Earth but Abel was chronicled in history as one of the first believers and as the first ever martyr. A handful of Muslim sources have identified Abel as a prophet like his father, but this identification is not traditional. Of Adam's first children, Cain was the elder son and Abel the younger. Each of them presented a sacrifice to God but it"
"God rejects Cain's sacrifice, since Cain never received instructions about how to sacrifice correctly, nor had he done anything wrong, and why God then admonishes Cain with a warning about sin. The Midrash suggest that although Abel brought the best meat from his flock, Cain did not set aside for God the best of his harvest. According to the Book of Genesis, Cain (, ""Qayin""; Koine Greek , ""Ka-in""; Ethiopian version: ""Qayen""; , ""Qābīl"") is the first child of Eve, the first murderer, and the third human being to fall under a curse. According to , Cain treacherously murdered his"
"Jesus Christ. Luke was a native of the Hellenistic city of Antioch in Syria. The early church fathers ascribed to him authorship of both the Gospel according to Luke and the book of Acts of the Apostles, which formed a single literary work, referred to as Luke–Acts. St. Steven's House, named after Saint Stephen, is on the first floor of the same building that houses St. Patrick’s. Stephen or Stephan (Greek: Στέφανος, Stephanos; Latin: Stephanus), traditionally venerated as the Protomartyr or first martyr of Christianity,[1] was according to the Acts of the Apostles a deacon in the early church at"
"daughter or punish his son. Frymer Kensky says ""The reader of the story who expects that the state will provide protection for the vulnerable now sees that the state cannot control itself."" Absalom is filled with hatred, and kills Amnon two years later. Absalom then rebels against his father and is also killed. In the Book of Samuel, Bathsheba is a married woman who is noticed by king David. He has her brought to him, and she becomes pregnant. The text in the Bible does not explicitly state whether Bathsheba consented to sex. David successfully plots the death of her"
"Church father Tertullian wrote: ""We read the lives of the Cæsars: At Rome Nero was the first who stained with blood the rising faith."" Mary Ellen Snodgrass notes that Tertullian in this passage ""used Suetonius as a source by quoting Lives of the Caesars as proof that Nero was the first Roman emperor to murder Christians"", but cites not a specific passage in Suetonius' ""Lives"" as Tertullian's source. Other authors explicitly add that Tertullian's words are a reference to the passage in Suetonius' ""Nero"" 16, while others hold that they refer to the Tacitus passage, or both passages. Suetonius is"
"fire came down and enveloped the animal slaughtered by Abel thus accepting the sacrifice of Abel while Cain's sacrifice was rejected. This led to jealousy on the part of Cain resulting in the first human death when he murdered his brother Abel. After not seeking repentance for his actions, Cain was not forgiven by God. The practice of qurbani can be traced back to [Ibrahim], who dreamt that God ordered him to sacrifice his son. Ibrahim agreed to follow God's command and perform the sacrifice, however, God intervened and informed him that his sacrifice had been accepted. Unlike the Bible,"
"Cain and Abel in Islam Qābīl and Hābīl (, Cain and Abel) are believed by Muslims to have been the first two sons of Adam () and Hawwa’ (, Eve) mentioned in the Qur’an. The events of the story in the Qur’an are virtually the same as the Hebrew Bible narrative: Both the brothers were asked to offer up individual sacrifices to God; God accepted Abel's sacrifice and rejected Cain's; out of jealousy, Cain slew Abel - the first ever case of murder committed upon the Earth. in the Islamic version, Allah promises (permits) the Prophet Adam to marry one"
"Fratricide Fratricide (from the Latin words ""frater"" ""brother"" and ""cida"" ""killer,"" or ""cidum"" ""a killing,"" both from ""caedere"" ""to kill, to cut down"") is the act of killing one's brother. It can either be done directly or via use of either a hired or an indoctrinated intermediary (an assassin). The victim need not be the perpetrator's biological brother. In a military context, fratricide refers to a service member killing a comrade. Judeo-Christian religion recognizes the biblical account of Cain and Abel, this fratricide was the first type of murder to be committed. In the mythology of ancient Rome, the city"
"because he claimed to have killed King Saul. Following the advice of his father, Solomon ordered that Joab be killed: The biblical refrain for those justly executed as due punishment for crimes is that ""their blood will be on their own heads."" This expresses the idea that those guilty of certain actions have brought the shedding of blood upon themselves, and those carrying out due punishment do not bear bloodguilt. The ancient Hebrew texts make a distinction between the moral and legal prohibition of shedding of innocent blood and killing in battle. Rabbi Marc Gellman explains the distinction between ""harag"""
"die in the manner he saw fit. Rabbi Joshua ben Levi asked the Angel of Death to show him his place in paradise, and the Angel agreed. Rabbi Joshua ben Levi asked the Angel to give him the knife that the Angel used to kill people, lest the Angel frighten him on the way, and the Angel gave it to him. When they arrived in paradise, the Angel lifted Rabbi Joshua so that he could see his place in paradise, and Rabbi Joshua jumped to the other side, escaping into paradise. Elijah the Prophet then told those in paradise to"
"human life is never, under any circumstances, to be taken by another human being or by the appointed authorities in Israel."" Some Christian groups, such as the Southern Baptist Convention, cite , , and Some atheists believe the death penalty in the Bible is extremist and proof that God is evil. Some atheists believe Christians are hypocritical for not killing people that commit capital sins, such as gay people. Religion and capital punishment Death penalty in the Bible The Bible records various proscriptions and instances of the death penalty. In the Genesis creation narrative (Book of Genesis 2:17), God tells"
"slay, kill"". This verb is used of both an Egyptian slaying an Israelite slave and of Moses slaying the Egyptian in retaliation in . The Covenant Code and Holiness Code both prescribe the death penalty for people that commit ""n-k-h"". The commandment against murder can be viewed as a legal issue governing human relationships, noting that the first four commandments relate strongly to man's duty to God and that the latter six commandments describe duties toward humans. The commandment against murder can also be viewed as based in respect for God himself. Since man is made in God's image, the"
"Deicide Deicide is the killing (or the killer) of a god. The concept may be used for any act of killing a god, including a life-death-rebirth deity who is killed and then resurrected. The term deicide was coined in the 17th century from medieval Latin ""*deicidium"", from ""de-us"" ""god"" and ""-cidium"" ""cutting, killing."" According to the New Testament accounts, the Judean (or Jewish) authorities in Jerusalem, the Pharisees, charged Jesus with blasphemy, a capital crime under biblical law, and sought his execution. According to , the Judean (Jewish) authorities claimed to lack the authority to have Jesus put to death,"
"number of Western academics coming to believe that drug-taking was not the key feature behind the name. The earliest known use of the verb ""to assassinate"" in printed English was by Matthew Sutcliffe in ""A Briefe Replie to a Certaine Odious and Slanderous Libel, Lately Published by a Seditious Jesuite"", a pamphlet printed in 1600, five years before it was used in ""Macbeth"" by William Shakespeare (1605). Assassination is one of the oldest tools of power politics. It dates back at least as far as recorded history. In the Old Testament, King Joash of Judah was recorded as being assassinated"
"As a result of this murder, David was rebuked by the prophet Nathan; furthermore, later turmoil in David's household and throughout the kingdom of Israel, including the death of Bathsheba's baby and the insurrection of prince Absalom, was believed to be the result of David's sins of adultery and murder. Based on the Biblical account, Uriah was probably of the ethnic Hittite minority resident in Israel that had lived in and around the region, ""the Land of Canaan"", since before the time of Abraham. The Hebrews, upon their entry into Canaan, had been commanded (Deuteronomy 20:16–17) to kill ""anything that"