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St. Cloud State University
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Introduction: “Forbidden fruit” as an apple is a very controversial topic for centuries. There is no clear indication that Adam and Eve ate “forbidden fruit” apple. It could be any fruits they ate from the Garden of the Eden. I would give a close attention on how a fruit became a specific fruit apple. I would focus on the following things”
(1) Mistranslation of a word Peri (2) The “ Tapuach” not used. (3) Forbidden fruits can be different fruits (4) how the assumption of the forbidden fruit as an apple has been carried out so long time
The Hebrew Bible doesn't actually specify what type of fruit Adam and Eve ate. If we look at the Genesis the first book if Bible, it says a snake tells Adam and eve go ahead and take a bite. They take a bite of the fruit. Here some points to be noticed:
(1)The word “Peri” is used in both biblical and modern Hebrew to describe fruits. (2)The word “tapuach” is not used in both biblical and modern to describe apple because tapuach means apple in Hibru.
Rabiis think Adam and eve ate different mysterious forbidden fruits but no apple. Some research has been done and it shows different things”
(1) The fruit could have been fig. they used fig leaves to cover themselves after eating figs. (2) Wheat could be also consumed by them. Wheat means Chitah which is similar to cheit(sin). They made a sin after having the forbidden fruits. (3) It also could be Citron or Etrog in Hebrew which mean bittersweet, lemon. These foods have been harvested Jewish fall festival of Sukkot. (4)Apple is not from even middle east countries. It is from Kazakhstan.
Description above shows that there is no direct indication in the biblical and modern Hebrew saying forbidden fruit is an apple. Then, question arises how the assumption of the forbidden fruit as an apple has been carried out so long time.
(1)the possible path from fruit to apple began in Rome in A. 382 by Jerome (2)Jerome translates the Hebrew "peri" into the Latin "malum,"
(3)The word "malum" in has been translated into an English word, apple, which also stood for any fruit with a core of seeds in the middle and flesh around it. It is one of the biggest mistakes human being made referring to a fruit. (4)paintings and other artistic recreations of the Garden of Eden have helped solidify the apple as the forbidden fruit (5)German painter Albrecht Dürer and Lucas Cranach depicted the fruit as an apple.
Conclusion: it is obvious that there is no exact word in the bible indicating that forbidden fruit was an apple. Meaning of the word “Peri” changes through the Translation of the Hebrew language into Latin in AD 382. It could be any generic fruits including Chitah, fig, Citron and Etrog. Then, famous painters like Albrecht Dürer and Lucas Cranach depicted the forbidden fruit as an apple. Mistranslation of a word associated with a fruit is one of the biggest mistakes in human history.
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University: St. Cloud State University
