[First posted April 11, 2012. Sequel to the post: Revisit: What is “the Tree of Life”? –1 And for extra homework, why not check out these posts about “trees” that were in the Garden of Eden: The Tree of – ‘the Knowledge of’/’the Knowing of’ – Good and ‘Evil’/Good and ‘Bad’ Revisit: The Serpent, the Tree, […]

[First posted April 11, 2012. Sequel to the post: Revisit: What is “the Tree of Life”? –1 And for extra homework, why not check out these posts about “trees” that were in the Garden of Eden: The Tree of – ‘the Knowledge of’/’the Knowing of’ – Good and ‘Evil’/Good and ‘Bad’ Revisit: The Serpent, the Tree, […]

 [First posted August 6, 2012; yes it has been that long and therefore deserves a revisit. If Abraham had a ‘deja vu’, so did Sarah.  As previously explained, this series titled “Journey of Faith” is the Sinaite’s interpretation, separated from the three commentaries normally featured in chapter by chapter discussions.  Our translation of choice is […]

[First posted August 6, 2012, has it been that long? So here’s a revisit; thanks to the webvisitor who clicked it and brought it back to our attention.   Readers must be wondering why we have a running series under the title “Journey of Faith.” We separate Sinai commentary from the three commentaries we feature […]

[First posted June 28, 2012.  Read this in connection with other posts:  Q&A: “If the devil doesn’t exist, how come the snake/serpent in the story was punished by the Creator for tempting Eve?”     If you haven’t yet read the posts associated with this, please check out:  Prooftext 1a – Genesis 3:15 – Who is the […]

[This is part of the 4-posts in connection with the post: Q&A: “If the devil doesn’t exist, how come the snake/serpent in the story was punished by the Creator for tempting Eve?”  This was first posted June 27, 2012. —-Admin1]   —————————————   There is a whole series on the topic of no devil, no fallen angels in […]

[First posted in 2012.  Stands as is, no update; what we concluded before, we still think today.—Admin1]   ———————-   When we read a narrative with characters interacting with one another, it makes reading sense to keep it simple by working within the confines of the text. This is a good basic rule in reading, […]

[This was first posted in 2012, reposted 2014, 2016 and now we’re into year 2019! Anytime is a  good time to review a basic MISinterpretation of this figure in Genesis 3.     If you haven’t done so, dear reader, please read through the whole series about the ‘Serpent’ symbolism in the Christian Bible and […]

[This was first posted in 2012,  timed for Father’s Day celebration every year.  This reflects a simple reading and discussion by Sinaites of the problems within families that practice favoritism.  To this original perspective are now added commentary from the three sources we have chosen to feature:  Pentateuch and Haftorahs, ed. Dr. J.H. Hertz; RA/Robert Alter; […]