Here lies the paradox: any attempt to remove all knowledge of evil still leaves untouched the potential for the desire to possess that knowledge. And that singular desire—”I want to know what evil is” ...

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 ...

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

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.” ...

The Garden of Eden had many trees, and Adam was encouraged to eat from every branch, except from the so-called “tree of knowledge of good and evil.” “In the day that you eat of it,” God ...

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 ...

God emphatically commanded our first parents not to eat the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, explaining that if they were to eat it, they would surely die (Genesis 2:17).

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 ...

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.