Mellinkoff, Ruth — The Mark of Cain

Berkeley, California, University of California Press, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, not price-clipped. A short, informed, accessible study "meant to be read in an evening." 21 illustrations in black-and-white. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Noted art historian Ruth Mellinkoff offers three different interpretations of the Mark of Cain motif in Christian and Jewish theology and imagery. xiii [2], 2-151 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Fine,