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And it's a little different than what you might expect. In Jubilees 14, we find Abraham in a very familiar role: making sacrifices. He offers up pieces of animals, birds, fruit-off...
We're talking about a time when the Seleucid Empire, under King Antiochus IV Epiphanes, was in full swing, trying to Hellenize, or make Greek, everyone under its rule. It wasn't ju...
Genesis 7:11 isn’t messing around. Why that precise moment for the deluge to begin? It’s a question that’s kept commentators busy for centuries. Specifically, the Midrash of Philo,...
And they weren't afraid to ask the tough questions. Take this one, for example, posed in The Midrash of Philo: Why does the Torah specifically mention that God remembered Noah, the...
It's not just a coincidence, you know. Sometimes, it's like the universe is trying to tell us something! Take the story of the Flood, the mabul. According to the Midrash of Philo, ...
We all know the big picture: flood, animals two-by-two, dove with an olive branch. But what about the timing? Specifically, why did Noah wait a full forty days after the mountainto...
We get that the dove comes back with an olive branch, a symbol of hope. But what about that raven? It just… leaves. Never returns. What's the deal with that? The Midrash of Philo, ...
It's not just a random deluge, according to some fascinating interpretations. to one such reading from the Midrash of Philo, which offers a unique perspective on the story of Noah ...
It’s a question that's resonated through generations, and the answers, like so many things in Jewish tradition, are layered and fascinating. We find ourselves pondering this very q...
