Adam Taylor writes about international events for The Washington Post. Originally from London, he studied at the University of Manchester and Columbia University.

Guest: Stephen Greenblatt is the John Cogan University Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University. His numerous books include The Swerve: How the World Became Modern, which won a Pulitzer Prize ...

On the seventh day, God covenants himself to humanity when he rests, blesses and makes holy the seventh day, and by that act enters into a covenant with Adam and Eve (cf. Genesis 2:1-3).

Adam’s reply, instead of being repentant and contrite, is, “The woman who you put here with me – she gave me fruit from the tree, and so I ate it” (Genesis 3:12). He does confess, but ...