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The Tree of Knowledge

Exegetical Approaches

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Sexual Desire

Sources:Ibn EzraBereshit First Commentary 2:9, 17Bereshit First Commentary 3:7Bereshit Second Commentary 2:9, 16-17Bereshit Second Commentary 3:7About R. Avraham ibn Ezra, RadakBereshit 2:9Bereshit 2:17Bereshit 3:7About R. David Kimchi, AbarbanelBereshit 2:1About R. Yitzchak Abarbanel

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

Free Will

Sources:RambanBereshit 2:9, 17Bereshit 3:7, 16, 22About R. Moshe b. Nachman

Subjective Knowledge or Moral Conventions

Sources:Rambam1 2About Rambam Moreh Nevukhim, Ralbag

"וִהְיִיתֶם כֵּאלֹהִים יֹדְעֵי טוֹב וָרָע" – Rambam understands "" in the secular sense of teh word to refer to political leaders.

Objective Knowledge

Sources:Cassuto

Partial / Moral Knowledge

Sources:R. Saadia GaonCommentary Bereshit 2:17Commentary Bereshit 3:1Commentary Bereshit 3:22About R. Saadia Gaon, R. D"Z HoffmannBereshit 2:17Bereshit 3:7Bereshit 3:22About R. David Zvi Hoffmann

Appreciation of Aesthetics

Sources:? Rashbam

No New Knowledge

Sources:Midrash Tadshe, R. HirschBereshit 2:9About R. Samson Raphael Hirsch,