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Philo, the great Jewish philosopher of Alexandria, who lived around the time of Jesus, offers some mind-bending insights. In his Midrash of Philo, he suggests that those things cre...
Even Adam, the first human, apparently felt that way. The Torah tells us that God paraded all the animals before Adam (Genesis 2:19-20). Adam named them, categorizing them, underst...
That’s the question posed in the ancient text known as The Midrash of Philo, specifically in fragment 22. A seemingly simple question, but one that unlocks a whole world of underst...
The ancient sages did. They saw in the creation of Adam and Eve, not just the beginning of humanity, but the blueprint for a thriving, balanced life. Philo, a Jewish philosopher fr...
Why wasn't she just... there? Well, according to a fascinating interpretation found in the Midrash of Philo 22, it's not just a random detail. It speaks to something much deeper ab...
Stunning, vibrant, utterly unlike anything you've ever encountered. What goes through your mind? The Midrash of Philo, a fascinating exploration of the early chapters of Genesis, w...
Our starting point here is a fascinating text referred to as "The Midrash of Philo." Now, when we say "Midrash," we're talking about a particular way of interpreting scripture. It'...
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 ...
It wasn't just about the lush vegetation or the talking animals, although I’m sure those were According to this Midrash, Adam and Eve weren't ashamed of their nakedness for a few v...
