Review of Killing Abel
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Review of Killing Abel
[Following is a volunteer review of "Killing Abel" by Michael Tieman.]
Over the years, many individuals, institutions, and groups have made various attempts to discover how human beings came into existence and the essence of human existence. The results from this exercise are varied and unique. In Killing Abel, Michael Tieman delivers a literary rendition of the biblical account of the creation of Adam and Eve, the first parents of the human race, and how their disobedience to God's instruction to them distorted the plans God had for them and the entirety of humanity. Tieman gives a captivating account of how Lucifer, through a serpent, tricks Eve into eating the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden, telling her that God lied to her and Adam about the fruit and that they will never die from eating the fruit. Lucifer assures Eve that the fruit will only make her and Adam wiser and healthier. Once he succeeds in setting Eve against her creator, Lucifer goes on to use Eve to drag Adam into the rebellion against God. The fall is pathetic and deadly. The course of the human race is dangerously altered. The distortion continues through the actions of Cain, lifestyles in the City of Enoch, and the actions of Lamech. God regrets creating human beings, and he finds himself in a situation he cannot but take certain decisive actions to sanitize the world.
Tieman did not just retell a biblical story. He used various literary devices and lots of imaginative fillers to make the account fresher, more thrilling, and more influential. Readers are sure to find in the book something more than the normal passages we read from the Bible.
This historical fiction is written in a simple English language. I commend the author for this. I like how the author made a creative connection between the ewe, the tenth animal that Adam named, and Eve (how Adam removed one of the two vs in "ewe" to get "Eve"). The comparison between the Cherubim that prevented Adam and Eve from getting into the tree of life and Cain's siblings that scared Cain away from home after murdering Abel is amazing. Tieman did a great job interpreting the various actions of God, Adam, Eve, and Cain. Everything is real and relatable. For example, readers will discover interesting reasons behind the weird, cold, brutal behaviours of Cain.
Apart from the three grammatical errors I noticed in the book, I have absolutely nothing else to complain about this book. I am convinced that this book is well edited.
Because of the positive points noted above, I award Killing Abel 4 out of 4 stars. I didn't find any reason to deduct a star from its rating.
I recommend Killing Abel to those in the fold of Christianity and Judaism. Christians and those who practise Judaism, who find it difficult to understand what played out in the biblical account of the creation of man and woman and disobedience of humanity and the consequences of the same will find this book helpful. Anybody outside the fold of Christianity and Judaism that is interested in the biblical account of human existence and history will also find this book insightful.
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Killing Abel
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Over the years, many individuals, institutions, and groups have made various attempts to discover how human beings came into existence and the essence of human existence. The results from this exercise are varied and unique. In Killing Abel, Michael Tieman delivers a literary rendition of the biblical account of the creation of Adam and Eve, the first parents of the human race, and how their disobedience to God's instruction to them distorted the plans God had for them and the entirety of humanity. Tieman gives a captivating account of how Lucifer, through a serpent, tricks Eve into eating the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden, telling her that God lied to her and Adam about the fruit and that they will never die from eating the fruit. Lucifer assures Eve that the fruit will only make her and Adam wiser and healthier. Once he succeeds in setting Eve against her creator, Lucifer goes on to use Eve to drag Adam into the rebellion against God. The fall is pathetic and deadly. The course of the human race is dangerously altered. The distortion continues through the actions of Cain, lifestyles in the City of Enoch, and the actions of Lamech. God regrets creating human beings, and he finds himself in a situation he cannot but take certain decisive actions to sanitize the world.
Tieman did not just retell a biblical story. He used various literary devices and lots of imaginative fillers to make the account fresher, more thrilling, and more influential. Readers are sure to find in the book something more than the normal passages we read from the Bible.
This historical fiction is written in a simple English language. I commend the author for this. I like how the author made a creative connection between the ewe, the tenth animal that Adam named, and Eve (how Adam removed one of the two vs in "ewe" to get "Eve"). The comparison between the Cherubim that prevented Adam and Eve from getting into the tree of life and Cain's siblings that scared Cain away from home after murdering Abel is amazing. Tieman did a great job interpreting the various actions of God, Adam, Eve, and Cain. Everything is real and relatable. For example, readers will discover interesting reasons behind the weird, cold, brutal behaviours of Cain.
Apart from the three grammatical errors I noticed in the book, I have absolutely nothing else to complain about this book. I am convinced that this book is well edited.
Because of the positive points noted above, I award Killing Abel 4 out of 4 stars. I didn't find any reason to deduct a star from its rating.
I recommend Killing Abel to those in the fold of Christianity and Judaism. Christians and those who practise Judaism, who find it difficult to understand what played out in the biblical account of the creation of man and woman and disobedience of humanity and the consequences of the same will find this book helpful. Anybody outside the fold of Christianity and Judaism that is interested in the biblical account of human existence and history will also find this book insightful.
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Killing Abel
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon | on iTunes | on Smashwords
Latest Review: Killing Abel by Michael Tieman
