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The text grapples with a seeming contradiction. God, knowing humanity’s propensity for wickedness from the start, initially intended to destroy the world with a flood. Yet, afterwa...
Philo, the great Jewish philosopher of Alexandria, grappled with these questions centuries ago. And his interpretations, preserved in what we call The Midrash of Philo, offer a fas...
Some interpret this verse as God’s permission for humanity to eat meat. After the flood, the world was starting anew, and perhaps a new dietary allowance was being granted. But is ...
It’s more than just a pretty arc of color after the rain, especially when we look at it through the lens of ancient Jewish thought. The Torah tells us that after the flood, God set...
Let’s dive into a fascinating little corner of Jewish thought that wrestles with exactly this question, found in The Midrash of Philo. Philo, in this particular midrash, is grappli...
The ancient sages certainly did. And sometimes, the most straightforward stories hide the deepest truths. Take the tale we find in The Midrash of Philo, for example. It seems simpl...
Sometimes, it feels like there's a whole hidden world waiting to be unlocked. Philo of Alexandria, a Jewish philosopher who lived around the time of Jesus, was absolutely convinced...
Take the covenant God makes with Abraham in Genesis 15. It's a big moment, right? God promises Abraham this whole huge swathe of land for his descendants. But then it gets…well, ge...
The ancient sages certainly did. Let’s dive into a fascinating interpretation from the Midrash of Philo that uses geography to explain the pursuit of happiness itself. Philo, a Jew...
