The concepts of good and evil were unknown to Adam and Eve before the Sin of the Tree of Knowledge (Ḥet Eitz HaDa’at). It was precisely this knowledge that they acquired by eating the ...

By eating from the Tree of Knowledge, Adam and Eve acquired the knowledge of good (tov) and bad (rah). What was so terrible about them acquiring this knowledge that they deserved capital punishment?

The apple has been associated with the pivotal Biblical scene for generations, but is this a case of mistaken identity?

Upon hearing the voice of God, Adam and Eve hid their nakedness among the trees. Adam blamed both Eve and God: “The woman whom Thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat ...

Columnist Suzanne Elizabeth Anderson writes in her Walking Our Faith column that “We think it’s stupid that God punished his own creation for the harmless sin of eating a piece of fruit.” ...

By arousing Adam and Eve's curiosity, it led them away from faith, that is, from trust in God: From obvious and natural faith (like shameless nakedness), they moved on to reasoning, seeking ...

Tree of Knowledge. The tree of knowledge is a biblical story. God having created the Garden of Eden forbids Adam and Eve to eat from the fruit of the tree of knowledge. The fact that Eve and Adam ate ...

The Bible does not mention Adam and Eve’s other sons and daughters or disclose their details, including their descendants. However, Flavius Josephus, a first-century historian, indicated in his ...

Adam and Eve ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, giving humanity some sense of self-awareness, justice and, ideally, care for the poor and oppressed.

At stake in Adam and Eve’s transgression in the Garden is the knowledge of good and evil, which embodies power. When it comes to that, she’s trouble, and he’s almost without fault.