Year one Cain and abel.m4v

Hey everyone, sorry I have been such a lazy individual this past semester but now I will post my first blog. I feel that it is only necessary that for my first blog that I start from the beginning of the bible. Upon reading book 4 of Genesis i could not help but continue comparing it with the movie Year One which was a parody on the entire Book of Genesis

The video posted is a parody that can shed some humor into the Cain and Abel fight in book 4 of Genesis, and it even starts to show a little accuracy. Right after Cain hits Abel with the rock, he says "What have I done?" as if he felt immediate remorse for his actions, only to be vacated by more abuse. What is also interesting about this clip is that is shows the smiting of Cain by god when he leaves the mark upon his forehead. Is it strange that out of all the humor they were making out of the Bible for this movie, they still managed to harvest some accuracy.

Good Old Abe

As I continued to read the Book of Genesis I reached the part where Abraham was in the process of sacrificing Isaac, and yes, once again I was reminded of Year One. Abraham's part in that movie was so essential to the humor it was able to port


This clip gives great references to many events in the Bible. The first is obviously Abraham's sacrifice of Isaac, but humor can be found in this because it is Jack Black and Michael Cera's characters are the ones who are "sent by god" to stop the sacrifice.


There is also a reference to Genesis 17 in which Abraham talks about circumcision. he reference to it being "a very sleek look" and "going to catch on" was a humors hint at how common the practice has become after once only being a religious act.

Lilith... What a Mystery.

In my endeavors through the Bible I thought it might be a smart decision to jump around in my readings. With a little help from my friend Year One I developed an interest in the character of Lilith. All of my research told that she was me that she was mentioned in Isaiah 34, however her name is never mentioned. Aside form that I became more interested in the belief that she is in the category of female demons. There are many different theories as what type of person Lilith was. In many translations she was referenced as animals. "And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortlesses thereof: and it shall be a habitation of dragons, and a court for owls. The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with wild beast of the island..." (Isaiah 34: 13-14). The dark relation to the animals mentioned in this passage leads me to believe that she was not well looked upon by God and all of the other characters in the Bible. The always trusted Wikipedia stated that Lilith is in fact a succubus which is in the female demon category.

Yes....Year One.

I thought this scene in Year One was particularly funny because this was obviously after Adam and Eve were banished from the Garden of Eden and Jack Black and Michael Cera's characters sneak back in to eat the fruit from the tree of knowledge.