Author: Moshe

The Abrahamic epic largely complete, our attention now passes to the central figure of the next generation. Rebecca also hails from the family of Nahor, in Harr...

In the first parts of Genesis, the narrative is extremely sparse; there is little characterization. From genealogical trees, characters come into view, do one o...

After the genealogical confusion over Ham’s son Canaan is resolved, we are told more about the offspring of Noah’s three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Shem is t...

After the events of the flood, Noah and his three sons – Shem (spelt the same as the Hebrew word for “name”), Ham, and Japheth – come out of the ark...

Again, in the flood story, we have two narratives, one featuring Yahweh and another featuring Elohim. But unlike the creation stories, these narratives are not ...

The first fraud is a murder. In the first instance of white-collar crime, a human being is put through the shredder.

If you wish to write a code of laws from scratch, you must first invent the universe. The Book of Genesis begins with two distinct creation stories. In one, a s...