1. שׁוּף shûp “bruise, wound.” τηρεῖν (= τερεῖν ?) tērein ἐκτρίβειν ektribein …

EXCURSUS C: ON THE DURATION OF THE PARADISIACAL STATE OF INNOCENCE.

The Bereshit Rabba argues that Adam and Eve re…

And the LORD God said to the serpent, Because you have done this, you are cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon you…

And the Lord God said unto the serpent. He does not interrogate the serpent as he had done with the man and the woman, because in the anim…

And the Lord God said to the serpent
And to the devil in it; for what follows may be applied to both; literally to t…

God pa es sentence; He begins where the sin began, with the serpent. The devil's instruments must share in the devil's punishments. Under the cover…