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It's easy to see him as just a sneaky snake, but Jewish tradition, especially in the writings we call midrash, often sees things on a deeper, symbolic level. Philo, the 1st-century...
Did you ever stop to wonder… did that serpent in the Garden of Eden actually talk? I mean, really talk? It's a question that’s been wrestled with for millennia. Genesis 3:2 simply ...
The story in Genesis, as we all know, tells of a serpent who tempts the woman, leading to the eating of the forbidden fruit and the expulsion from paradise. But the ancient sages w...
Why on earth did the serpent twist God's words to Eve, claiming, "God has said, 'You shall not eat of every tree in the Garden'" (Genesis 3:1)? God actually said, "You may freely e...
There's a fascinating little puzzle tucked away in the Book of Genesis, specifically Genesis 3:3. It's a tiny addition to God's command, seemingly insignificant, but it opens up a ...
The kind of things that make you pause and think, "Wait, did that really happen that way?" Let's zoom in on the story of the Garden of Eden, specifically that fateful moment when t...
Get ready, because the answer might surprise you. Our source today is "The Midrash of Philo," a fascinating, often overlooked text. Here, we find a unique take on the serpent in th...
The Torah tells us plainly, but the why is left hanging, ripe for interpretation. And oh, have the interpretations grown! One fascinating perspective comes to us from, well, Philo....
a passage that offers a rather… pointed perspective. The Midrash of Philo, a collection of interpretations attributed to Philo of Alexandria, a Jewish philosopher from the 1st cent...
