Comments on: Was The Forbidden Fruit Really An Apple? http://misconceptions.us/was-the-forbidden-fruit-really-an-apple/ Tue, 15 May 2012 21:57:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Dave Cassell http://misconceptions.us/was-the-forbidden-fruit-really-an-apple/comment-page-1/#comment-1749 Dave Cassell Tue, 06 Mar 2012 02:38:00 +0000 http://misconceptions.us/?p=326#comment-1749 Probably they just stated and believed it was an apple to not be confronted with another question: "What is the forbidden fruit?" Probably they just stated and believed it was an apple to not be confronted with another question: “What is the forbidden fruit?”

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]]> By: Benny http://misconceptions.us/was-the-forbidden-fruit-really-an-apple/comment-page-1/#comment-1380 Benny Thu, 04 Aug 2011 01:28:08 +0000 http://misconceptions.us/?p=326#comment-1380 Yes, the bible stated it's an apple but didn't even describe it, the color, texture and what tree it was from. Benny Yes, the bible stated it’s an apple but didn’t even describe it, the color, texture and what tree it was from.

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]]> By: peterson http://misconceptions.us/was-the-forbidden-fruit-really-an-apple/comment-page-1/#comment-54 peterson Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:15:41 +0000 http://misconceptions.us/?p=326#comment-54 Although the forbidden fruit mentioned in the Book of Genesis is commonly believed to have been an apple, and it is more often than not depicted as one, the Bible doesn't in fact state exactly what kind of fruit it was, and the original Hebrew texts only say "tree”. Early Latin translations used the word "mali", which means both "evil" and "apple", and from about the 12th century onwards, both German and French artists generally depicted the fruit as an apple. Although the forbidden fruit mentioned in the Book of Genesis is commonly believed to have been an apple, and it is more often than not depicted as one, the Bible doesn’t in fact state exactly what kind of fruit it was, and the original Hebrew texts only say “tree”.

Early Latin translations used the word “mali”, which means both “evil” and “apple”, and from about the 12th century onwards, both German and French artists generally depicted the fruit as an apple.

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