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Take this one little verse from Genesis, 2:25: "And the man and his wife were both naked, and were not ashamed." Simple enough. But wait a minute. Why does it even need to tell us ...
The ancient sages certainly did! And they wrestled with questions that still resonate today. Philo, the 1st-century Jewish philosopher from Alexandria, Egypt, grappled with these v...
The Midrash of Philo grapples with this very point. It’s not about God needing information. It’s about something far deeper: confronting Cain with the enormity of his actions. See,...
God asks him, "Where is your brother Abel?" And Cain replies, cool as you please, "I do not know: am I my brother's keeper?" (Genesis 4:9). Now, this moment, this exchange, gets so...
This comes from the story of Cain, right after, well, you know. He's just murdered his brother Abel, and God confronts him. The earth itself is now cursed because of the spilled bl...
The ancient texts grapple with this feeling, painting a stark picture of the despair that comes from feeling forsaken. As the Midrash of Philo poignantly puts it, "In truth there i...
It's not just about counting sheep; ancient Jewish thought saw numbers as keys unlocking profound spiritual truths. to one such exploration, found in the writings attributed to Phi...
But it opens up a whole universe of questions. What was so special about Enos? What does it even MEAN to "call upon the name of the Lord?" We find this verse in The Midrash of Phil...
Doors that can swing wide open into the most incredible stories. Take Enoch, for example. Genesis 5:22 tells us, "Enoch pleased God after he begat Methuselah, two hundred years.” O...
