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It’s more than just pretty colors arching across the sky. : God makes a covenant, a sacred agreement, with humanity after the great flood. And what's the sign of this unbreakable p...
It’s more than just a pretty arc of color after the rain, especially when we look at it through the lens of ancient Jewish thought. The Torah tells us that after the flood, God set...
It's like when you're telling a story, and you suddenly realize one particular character is way more important to the plot than you initially thought. Take Noah, for example. We kn...
to a fascinating little corner of Jewish thought that wrestles with exactly this question, found in The Midrash of Philo. Philo, in this particular midrash, is grappling with the s...
Take Noah, for example. We all know the story: the ark, the flood, the animals two-by-two. But then, Genesis 9:20 hits us: "Noah began to be a cultivator of the earth." Okay... so ...
It's more than just a tale of survival, according to the Midrash of Philo. It's a story of a new beginning, a re-creation of sorts. Philo compares Noah to Adam, the first human for...
The Torah tells us, quite simply, that "Noah, a man of the soil, was the first to plant a vineyard" (Genesis 9:20). Seems straightforward. But this simple verse sparks a fascinatin...
(Genesis 9:21). It's a head-scratcher. What are we supposed to make of that? The question itself isn't new. Generations of interpreters have wrestled with this verse. And one fasci...
We all know the story of the Ark, but what happened after the flood? The text tells us that Noah planted a vineyard and "drank of the wine, and was drunken" (Genesis 9:21). A simpl...
