The Tree of Knowledge/2/en

The Tree of Knowledge

Exegetical Approaches

This topic has not yet undergone editorial review

Sexual Desire

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

Objective Knowledge

Sources:Cassuto

Subjective Knowledge

Sources:Rambam

Free Will

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

Moral Knowledge

Sources: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,