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Writings about pastoralists, camels, and the future of livestock keeping by Ilse Köhler-Rollefson
I am currently reading a fabulous (in the true sense of the word) book by Kelly Carew ‘ Beastly. A new history of animals and us ‘. In it she describes her revulsion as a child to the Biblical story of Cain and Abel, the sons of Adam and Eve. The former was a farmer, the latter a shepherd and inexplicably God preferred the offering of Abel (a lamb) to those of Cain (harvested crops).
I am not a Biblical scholar, but from what I understand the name Abel is derived from ibl , the Arabic word for camel, and the name Cain was associated with metal forging and copper mining. According to one source :
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