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Seems a little... roundabout, doesn't it? That’s exactly the kind of thing that got the Rabbis thinking, and us too! What’s really going on behind those words? Why not just say, "H...
When Genesis says, "when they were created," it's almost teasing us. It's like saying, "Yeah, things were created, but when exactly? We're not really pinning it down." Think about ...
The verse in question is Genesis 2:5: "And God made every green herb of the field, before it was upon the earth, and every grass before it had sprung up." Seems a bit… backwards, r...
Philo, a Jewish philosopher living in Alexandria around the time of Jesus, certainly did. And in his writings, particularly in what we now call The Midrash of Philo, he offers a fa...
And in the Midrash of Philo, we find a truly intriguing answer. Genesis 2:6 poses a bit of a puzzle, doesn't it? "A fountain went up from the earth, and watered all the face of the...
This is precisely the puzzle posed in The Midrash of Philo. It's a beautiful, thought-provoking exploration of the early chapters of Genesis, attributed to Philo of Alexandria, a J...
We all know the story – God breathes life into Adam. But what kind of life? What kind of being was this first human? It's a question that has haunted thinkers for millennia. And it...
It’s a question that has fascinated thinkers for millennia, and one place we find a really intriguing take is in the writings of Philo of Alexandria. Philo, a Jewish philosopher wh...
(Genesis 2:7). It’s such a simple phrase, yet it's pregnant with meaning. The Midrash, that rich tapestry of Jewish storytelling and interpretation, wrestles with this very questio...