Genesis

The Talmudic rabbis compared Abraham as the spiritual father of the Jewish people with Noah. I want to cite two such rabbinic sources that are sensitive to the humanistic ideal…

Seemingly, the story of Abraham in the Hebrew Bible begins with the command lech lecha, “go for yourself” (Genesis 12, 1) in which Abraham is commanded by God to leave…

The obvious question that arises in relation to the Biblical account of the tower of Babel is - what is the sin or wrongdoing that the builders of the tower…

In the Torah reading of Noah, after the destruction of the flood, and after Noah and his family are saved, Noah offers a sacrifice (Genesis 8.21):   And the Lord…

The great revolution of the Hebrew Bible is reflected, in my view, in the very beginning of the story of Noah. After God repents of creating the human being due…

The Sabbath is without question of central importance in the Hebrew Bible and in the Jewish tradition. According to the opening story of creation, the Sabbath is a part of…

There are actually two stories of creation at the beginning of the Hebrew Bible - the opening account of the creation of the universe in six days with God resting…

It is simply shocking (and astounding that people do not notice) that the term sin does not at all appear in the story of Adam and Eve. The term sin…

Many, and even among Hebrew speakers, are not aware that the very first verse of the Hebrew Bible, Genesis 1, 1 is actually not grammatical. Rashi, the great Biblical commentator…

The opening verse of the Hebrew Bible “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” begins with the letter bet, the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet. The…