revolves around the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. We may read the tree’s name and think, What’s so wrong with knowing the difference between good and evil? But the meaning of Scripture here goes beyond information about good and evil to the determination of good and evil. In other words, for the man and woman to eat from this tree was to reject God as the one who determines good and evil and to assume this responsibility themselves. The temptation in the Garden was to rebel against God’s