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The Tree of Knowledge

Exegetical Approaches

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Sexual Desire

Sources:Ibn Ezra, Radak, Rambam
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"
Eating from the Tree of Life

Objective Knowledge

Sources:Cassuto

Subjective Knowledge

Sources:Rambam

Appreciation of Aesthetics

Right and Wrong

Free Will

Sources:Ramban

No New Knowledge

Sources:Midrash Tadshe, R. Hirsch,