Rightly understood, the devastating dangers and powerful potential of the spoken word lie at the heart of all the stories leading up to the flood.

The birds that appear in Genesis allow us to understand the nature of human resilience, and the reconciliation of God with the world after the flood.

A careful study of the events after the flood allows us to understand how Jewish ideas changed the world forever.

Even many traditional Jews misunderstand why it was Abraham that was chosen by the Almighty, but a careful reading of Genesis allows us to divine the intentions of the Divine.