The Tree of Life Was a Journey of Five Hundred Years Tall

Hebraic Literature (1901)The Twelve Hours That Made and Unmade AdamThe rabbis divided the first day of Adam's life into twelve hours, and read his whole arc, from dust to exile, into a single daylight. In the first hour the dus

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on GenesisThe Garden of Eden Planted Before the World Was MadeThe Torah says that God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and placed there the man He had formed. Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on (Genesis 2:8) goes further than

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on GenesisThe Purple Robe Adam and Eve Lost When They AteThe Torah says their eyes were opened and they knew they were naked. Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on (Genesis 3:7) adds a detail that changes the image entirely. They

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on GenesisThe Voice of the Word Walking in the Evening GardenTargum Pseudo-Jonathan on (Genesis 3:8) uses a phrase it will return to again and again: "the Word of the Lord God," the Memra, the divine speech treated as a p

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on GenesisGod Clothes Adam and Eve in the Serpent's Cast SkinThe Torah says God made "garments of skin" for Adam and his wife. Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on (Genesis 3:21) tells us whose skin. "The Lord God made to Adam and t

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on GenesisThe Vine That Drifted Out of Eden to Noah's FieldTargum Pseudo-Jonathan on (Genesis 9:20) is one of the most dreamlike details in the whole Flood cycle. Noah began to be a man working in the earth. And he foun

The Tree of Life Was a Journey of Five Hundred Years Tall

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