Applying Praxeology to the Book of Genesis

According to the Book of Genesis, human beings were created in the image of God. It is this likeness to God which distinguishes humans from all other animals. But what exactly is this likeness? How are humans like God?  Beyond any presumed physical appearance, the likeness seems to consist in the fact that humans act. Human action, …

Crime and Punishment in Genesis

In Genesis, God gives a pivotal commandment to Adam: “And the Lord God commanded the man, ‘You may freely eat of every tree of the garden; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die’” (Genesis 2:16-17). …