Minute Paper 10.1.15

We talked about the most interesting questions posed by Philo: the two Eves, Androgynous Adam, God as a thief, etc. We talked about the function of the snake and questions even the Rabbinics wouldn’t ask. We started to ask our own questions of the text as well, such as why is the tree of knowledge there? We also looked at historical gender roles and how they fit into interpretations of the text.