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

About eating from the Tree of Life, God said nothing: “But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die ...

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 forbidden fruit ...

The sacred author speaks of God planting a garden, whose flora included “the tree of knowledge of good and evil” (2:17), partaking of whose fruit God forbids.

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.

Eden is filled with “every tree that was pleasing to the sight and good for food,” as well as the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil – but God commands the man not ...

It contained many pleasant and fruitful trees, including, in its midst, the tree of life and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. God said to man, “Of every tree of the garden thou mayest ...