Killing Abel, Michael Tieman
Killing Abel, Michael Tieman
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Killing Abel

Author: Michael Tieman

Narrator: McGowan

Unabridged: 11 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/06/2019


Synopsis

Killing Abel is a work of fiction based on the first passages of the book of Genesis in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible
From "In the beginning . . ." to the Great Flood, the Bible only says about two words per year of history, for that period on earth. Not very much. From Noah to Jesus, the Bible provides us with one hundred times that amount of history to guide man.
Killing Abel takes the two words per year that God gave us, not changing a single one or changing a single context for those words, and fills in the gaps with the author's imagination.
Any foundation for a coherent worldview must start at a logical place, and there is only one choice available for where to begin, in the beginning.If the underlying context is not Genesis 1:1, "In the beginning . . ." then it is a pretext. If you cannot trace your worldview back to a beginning, then what is it based on? If it has no beginning, then it has no foundation. Of all the tasks a man could face in life, the one I would least like to undertake is that of trying to deny a beginning.
Killing Abel is written with the premise that God is open to doing as He pleases. Neither you nor I can bear up against what is true in an attempt to make God out to be something that fits our own misconceptions/conceptions that are not based on God's actions.
In Killing Abel, God is depicted as a loving Father, which is not always an easy role to play, as many mortal fathers would readily admit. Being a good father is the most important, most difficult, and without exception, the most consequential obligation a man has.
In the truest sense of the word, I believe that Killing Abel is a novel interpretation of the historical events from Adam to Noah.
This is not meant to be theology―it is the fictional account of a loving Father and His children based on what little is revealed in the Bible.
Perhaps God chose not to reveal much about the first 1,700 years of man's history so that man would think more about those early days. I hope that my imagination will entice you to use yours as you read a novel view of the killing of Abel.

Reviews

Goodreads review by yasmeen ahmed on December 07, 2021

Through the pages of this book, Michael Tieman takes us to travel through time, specifically to the first years of Adam and Eve and their offspring on earth, to shed light on the life of Adam and his wife after they left heaven and settled on earth and the difficulties they faced in finding housing,......more

Goodreads review by Ruth Scaife on June 28, 2020

Very good and thought-provoking book Killing Abel was a well written, well-edited book. Michael Tieman takes you to the book of Genesis in the Holy Bible, from the beginning of time to Noah and the flood. What happens in the time gaps in between? How did events happen? Michael opens your imagination......more

Goodreads review by Chiara on January 07, 2023

"In principio Dio creò..." È da qui che ha inizio questa storia. Prendendo ispirazione dalla Bibbia, e in particolare dalla Genesi, l'autore Michael Tieman costruisce una narrazione creativa e originale che ha lo scopo di trasmettere un messaggio di speranza e di amore ai suoi lettori. Nel suo li......more

Goodreads review by Abbi on October 29, 2023

Killing Abel by Michael Tieman is a retelling of the first few chapters of the book of Genesis. We start in the Garden of Eden and see how Adam and Eve's choices led to the killing of Abel. And more importantly, how the killing of Abel led to the flood. Tieman does a fantastic job of creating an int......more

Goodreads review by Chikamnele Favour on January 21, 2024

Killing Abel is a novel of about 367 pages by Micheal Tieman. Themes in the text encompass sin, anger, disobedience, jealousy, suffering, death, and God's everlasting love for his creation. Tieman stated that he was inspired to write this book by the Book of Genesis, a chapter in the Bible. The autho......more