"As the #Bible’s fourth chapter tells it, “and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that #Cain rose up against #Abel his brother, and slew him.”

Fascinatingly, #Judaism’s ancient #rabbis understood what happened before the #fratricide—that oh-so-brief interaction in the field—as conversational combat before the tragic tussle. It was the first recorded history of someone deciding that an opinion he or she disagreed with made the person not worthy of existing—mankind’s first recorded cancellation. The rabbis suggested the brothers had a debate that led to a life destroyed.

What did they fight about? In classic #Talmudic fashion, it’s a debate."

https://jewishjournal.com/judaism/385968/josephs-antidote-to-cain-the-cancellor/