Legend as a Source for the study of history The legend of Cain and Abel the Biblical model

Abstract The researcher studied and analyzed the myth of Cain and Abel from the historical point of view - of civilization, which is the source for the study of history, and found the two forms: pastoral (defending pastoral communities) and agricultural (defending agricultural communities) and appeared at the crossroads two types economists senior, old pastoral economic pattern, and the pattern new agricultural economics, and this myth reflected the conflict between them.