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The Role of Knowledge
Knowledge According to Genesis
According to Genesis 2:17 it says, “but as for the tree of knowledge of good and bad, you
must not eat of it; for as soon as you eat of it, you shall die.” Knowledge is represented as a tree
which was created by God in the beginning at the Garden of Eden. Its source is from God and it
gives the understanding whether something is good or bad. The way that knowledge can be
sourced is from eating from that tree which in essence is receiving from God. In the Book of
Genesis, God warns Adam against eating from the tree of knowledge; but through Eve they both
disobey the precepts of God and they are banished from Eden. Eating the fruit of the tree made
their eyes to open and they saw their nakedness, ran away and hid from God. Genesis 3:7 “Then
the eyes of both of them were opened and they perceived that they were naked;” Knowledge
made man to open his eyes. It makes man to see what he did not see before.
Knowledge According to Job
In the Book of Job, we see God asking Job in Job 38:2 “Who is this who darkens counsel,
Speaking without knowledge?” Then God continues to ask Job whether he knows or has
understanding about the way the Earth and the stars were made in the time of creation. Job 21:22
states, “Can God be instructed in knowledge, He who judges from such heights?” Job asks
whether there is anyone who can teach God about knowledge. Also from Job 35:11, “But none
says, “Where is my God, my Maker, Who gives strength in the night; Who gives us more

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knowledge than the beasts of the earth, Makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?” From this we
see that knowledge comes from God, He who has the highest form of it and cannot be counseled
by anyone. He gives it to man so that they can be wiser than the animals and the birds. We also
see that knowledge helps to instruct and give advice. It also gives understanding of how things
are. At the end of the Book of Job, Job is seen asking to be informed by God and admits that his
eyes were not opened but at last they were.
Knowledge According to Antigone
According to Antigone, the play by Sophocles, wisdom is the word used. In the play,
Creon, once stated that the ship had arrived safely “guided by the merciful wisdom of Heaven.”
He confirms that knowledge comes from a Superior Being. Also, in a chorus in the play it sung
“But the ancient wisdom speaks for our own time.” Meaning that the wisdom is what guides the
operations and the businesses of the day. Creon’s son, Haemon also confesses to his father, “No
marriage means more to me than your continuing wisdom.” He understood that with experience,
one increases in wisdom and knowledge...