Biblical Parallels Index – Bereshit 3/0

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Biblical Parallels Index – Bereshit 3

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Knowledge of Good and Evil Exploring the various appearances of both the root "ידע" and the phrase "ידע טוב ורע" helps one gain further insight into the nature of the knowledge granted by the Tree of Knowledge.

Tools

Concordance – Use the concordance to see how the word and pharse are used throughout Tanakh.

  • By double clicking on the word "ידע" in the Mikraot Gedolot on Bereshit 3:5, one can find Biblical parallels that demonstrate the various connotations of knowledge in Tanakh.  This root word can relate to: a) skilled knowledge b) intent or will c) knowledge of God and d) sexual knowledge.
  • One can then click on “יֹדְעֵי טוֹב וָרָע” in the same verse to see parallels to this phrase in Tanakh:

Primary Sources

Almost all commentators question the nature of the knowledge granted by the tree.

Articles

  • See The Tree of Knowledge for an overview of different understandings of what constituted knowledge of good and evil.

Adam and Avraham

Many Midrashim, commentators, and contemporary authors have noted the connections between the stories of Adam and Avraham.

Primary Sources

  • Bereshit Rabbah 14:6 – The Midrash compares the two figures, suggesting that Avraham was worthy of being the first man, but was created after Adam only so that he could be a corrective to his sins.

Articles

The Garden of Eden and Shir HaShirim

Articles and Lectures

Adam and Kayin

The first two stories about man are tales of egregious sins of different sorts.

Tools

  • The Tanakh Lab1 demonstrates that one of the chapters that shares the most linguistic parallels to Bereshit 3 is Bereshit 4, perhaps hinting to the reader to compare the sins of Adam and Kayin. See here to compare the chapters.

Articles