This book explores fundamental philosophical and theological issues arising in the Book of Genesis. It presents the richness of Jewish thought and notes its uniqueness in comparison with other approaches. Some of the topics addressed include religion and science, commandment and morality, individual and society, faith, guilt, evil and equality.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Rabbi Chaim Navon teaches Jewish Thought and Talmud at Yeshivat Har Etzion, Herzog College, Migdal Oz, and Midreshet Lindenbaum, in addition to serving as rabbi of Kehillat Ha-Shimshoni in Modiin. He has written three books in Hebrew, addressing the philosophy of Halakha, parashat ha-shavu’a, and the thought of Rabbi Soloveitchik.