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That iconic image from the Garden of Eden, planted right in the middle of Paradise (Genesis 2:9). What exactly was it? And why was it so important? Well, people have been pondering...
Philo, a Jewish philosopher living in Alexandria nearly two thousand years ago, offers a fascinating interpretation. He cuts right to the heart of it: the tree isn't just about som...
Where’s the headwaters for such majesty? Genesis 2:10 tells us, "And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads." But t...
And one intriguing perspective comes to us from the writings attributed to Philo of Alexandria, a Jewish philosopher who lived in Egypt during the time of the Second Temple. In "Th...
Specifically, I’m thinking of Genesis 2:14. It's not just that the Euphrates river is mentioned. Oh no, we also get that the Pishon "goes round all the land of Evilat," the Gihon "...
The Torah tells us in Genesis 2:15 that God placed man in Paradise "to till it and keep it." But...why? The Garden, Gan Eden, was, well, perfect. It was planted by God Himself. Wha...
"Thou shalt eat," He says, in the singular. A direct, one-on-one instruction. Simple enough. But then comes the prohibition, the big "Don't." And suddenly, the language changes. Go...
Philo of Alexandria, a fascinating Jewish philosopher who lived way back in the first century, grappled with this very idea. And in a text known as The Midrash of Philo 16, he unpa...
But…they eat the fruit, and they don't drop dead right then and there. So, what gives? What does "Ye shall surely die" really mean? That's a question that has kept Jewish thinkers ...
