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<category>Sexual Desire | <category>Sexual Desire | ||
| − | <p>The fruit tree | + | <p>The fruit of the tree introduced sexual desire to mankind.</p> |
<mekorot><multilink><a href="IbnEzraBereshitFirstCommentary3-7" data-aht="source">Ibn Ezra</a><a href="IbnEzraBereshitFirstCommentary2-917" data-aht="source">Bereshit First Commentary 2:9, 17</a><a href="IbnEzraBereshitFirstCommentary3-7" data-aht="source">Bereshit First Commentary 3:7</a><a href="IbnEzraBereshitSecondCommentary2-916-17" data-aht="source">Bereshit Second Commentary 2:9, 16-17</a><a href="IbnEzraBereshitSecondCommentary3-7" data-aht="source">Bereshit Second Commentary 3:7</a><a href="R. Avraham ibn Ezra" data-aht="parshan">About R. Avraham ibn Ezra</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RadakBereshit2-17" data-aht="source">Radak</a><a href="RadakBereshit2-9" data-aht="source">Bereshit 2:9</a><a href="RadakBereshit2-17" data-aht="source">Bereshit 2:17</a><a href="RadakBereshit3-7" data-aht="source">Bereshit 3:7</a><a href="R. David Kimchi (Radak)" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Kimchi</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="AbarbanelBereshit2-1" data-aht="source">Abarbanel</a><a href="AbarbanelBereshit2-1" data-aht="source">Bereshit 2:1</a><a href="R. Yitzchak Abarbanel" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yitzchak Abarbanel</a></multilink></mekorot> | <mekorot><multilink><a href="IbnEzraBereshitFirstCommentary3-7" data-aht="source">Ibn Ezra</a><a href="IbnEzraBereshitFirstCommentary2-917" data-aht="source">Bereshit First Commentary 2:9, 17</a><a href="IbnEzraBereshitFirstCommentary3-7" data-aht="source">Bereshit First Commentary 3:7</a><a href="IbnEzraBereshitSecondCommentary2-916-17" data-aht="source">Bereshit Second Commentary 2:9, 16-17</a><a href="IbnEzraBereshitSecondCommentary3-7" data-aht="source">Bereshit Second Commentary 3:7</a><a href="R. Avraham ibn Ezra" data-aht="parshan">About R. Avraham ibn Ezra</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RadakBereshit2-17" data-aht="source">Radak</a><a href="RadakBereshit2-9" data-aht="source">Bereshit 2:9</a><a href="RadakBereshit2-17" data-aht="source">Bereshit 2:17</a><a href="RadakBereshit3-7" data-aht="source">Bereshit 3:7</a><a href="R. David Kimchi (Radak)" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Kimchi</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="AbarbanelBereshit2-1" data-aht="source">Abarbanel</a><a href="AbarbanelBereshit2-1" data-aht="source">Bereshit 2:1</a><a href="R. Yitzchak Abarbanel" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yitzchak Abarbanel</a></multilink></mekorot> | ||
<point><b>Meaning of the root "דעת"</b></point> | <point><b>Meaning of the root "דעת"</b></point> | ||
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</category> | </category> | ||
<category>Free Will | <category>Free Will | ||
| − | <p>Upon eating from the tree, humans attained the ability to choose between good and bad | + | <p>Upon eating from the tree, humans attained the ability to choose between good and bad.  They were given free will.</p> |
<mekorot><multilink><a href="RambanBereshit2-10-17" data-aht="source">Ramban</a><a href="RambanBereshit2-10-17" data-aht="source">Bereshit 2:9, 17</a><a href="RambanBereshit3-71622" data-aht="source">Bereshit 3:7, 16, 22</a><a href="R. Moshe b. Nachman (Ramban, Nachmanides)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Moshe b. Nachman</a></multilink></mekorot> | <mekorot><multilink><a href="RambanBereshit2-10-17" data-aht="source">Ramban</a><a href="RambanBereshit2-10-17" data-aht="source">Bereshit 2:9, 17</a><a href="RambanBereshit3-71622" data-aht="source">Bereshit 3:7, 16, 22</a><a href="R. Moshe b. Nachman (Ramban, Nachmanides)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Moshe b. Nachman</a></multilink></mekorot> | ||
</category> | </category> | ||
<category>Subjective Knowledge or Moral Conventions | <category>Subjective Knowledge or Moral Conventions | ||
| − | <p>Before the sin, humans had objective knowledge of truths and falsehoods, knowledge gained by pure analytical reasoning.  Afterwards their intellectual level dropped and became the subjective knowledge of moral convention, knowledge gained by custom and empirical observation | + | <p>Before the sin, humans had objective knowledge of truths and falsehoods, knowledge gained by pure analytical reasoning.  Afterwards their intellectual level dropped and became the subjective knowledge of moral convention, knowledge gained by custom and empirical observation.</p> |
<mekorot><multilink><a href="RambamMorehNevukhim12" data-aht="source">Rambam</a><a href="RambamMorehNevukhim12" data-aht="source">1 2</a><a href="Rambam Moreh Nevukhim" data-aht="parshan">About Rambam Moreh Nevukhim</a></multilink>, Ralbag</mekorot> | <mekorot><multilink><a href="RambamMorehNevukhim12" data-aht="source">Rambam</a><a href="RambamMorehNevukhim12" data-aht="source">1 2</a><a href="Rambam Moreh Nevukhim" data-aht="parshan">About Rambam Moreh Nevukhim</a></multilink>, Ralbag</mekorot> | ||
<point><b>"וִהְיִיתֶם כֵּאלֹהִים יֹדְעֵי טוֹב וָרָע"</b> – Rambam understands "" in the secular sense of teh word to refer to political leaders.</point> | <point><b>"וִהְיִיתֶם כֵּאלֹהִים יֹדְעֵי טוֹב וָרָע"</b> – Rambam understands "" in the secular sense of teh word to refer to political leaders.</point> | ||
Version as of 10:44, 11 September 2017
The Tree of Knowledge
Exegetical Approaches
Sexual Desire
The fruit of the tree introduced sexual desire to mankind.
Meaning of the root "דעת"
Meaning of "טוֹב וָרָע"
"וַיֵּדְעוּ כִּי עֵירֻמִּם הֵם"
"וְהָאָדָם יָדַע אֶת חַוָּה אִשְׁתּוֹ"
"וִהְיִיתֶם כֵּאלֹהִים יֹדְעֵי טוֹב וָרָע"
Measure for measure punishment?
"וַיִּקְרָא הָאָדָם שֵׁם אִשְׁתּוֹ חַוָּה"
"כִּי בְּיוֹם אֲכׇלְךָ מִמֶּנּוּ מוֹת תָּמוּת"
Eating from the Tree of Life
Free Will
Upon eating from the tree, humans attained the ability to choose between good and bad. They were given free will.
Sources:Ramban
Subjective Knowledge or Moral Conventions
Before the sin, humans had objective knowledge of truths and falsehoods, knowledge gained by pure analytical reasoning. Afterwards their intellectual level dropped and became the subjective knowledge of moral convention, knowledge gained by custom and empirical observation.
Sources:Rambam, Ralbag
"וִהְיִיתֶם כֵּאלֹהִים יֹדְעֵי טוֹב וָרָע" – Rambam understands "" in the secular sense of teh word to refer to political leaders.
Partial / Moral Knowledge
Objective Knowledge
Sources:Cassuto
Appreciation of Aesthetics
Sources:? Rashbam
No New Knowledge
The fruit of the tree did not change the intellect of man at all.
Sources:Midrash Tadshe, R. Hirsch,
