if the fruit from the tree of the knowldege of good and evil wasn't identified,y do ppl think it was an apple?

Answer 1

Popularly, the fruit has been identified as an apple (perhaps as a Latin pun of 'malus' sounding like 'evil' and 'apple'), although the Bible does not identify the fruit as an apple. Judaism teaches that the fruit may have been either grape, fig, wheat, or citron. In recent years, some researchers are supporting the fact that the forbidden fruit is actually a pomegranate, from the supposed location of the Garden of Eden. However, as man was given permission to eat all the fruits of the garden, it has been proposed that the forbidden fruit was animal flesh, since this act introduced death into the Garden and, more importantly, breaks the second commandment[2] given to Adam and Eve in the Book of Genesis, that is, to be vegetarian.

Answer 2

Hebrew is p'ri. Means edible plant.

It's an old painters tradition from Northern and Western Europe because they used real people as models, and the apple was the most available tree fruit in those areas

. Because most people recieved there knowledge of Bible stories from murals and stained glass (that's why those things are in churches) that spread as the fruits identity in those areas.

In the middle east it's sometimes shown as a citron or lemon and even grapes.

Answer 3

Same reason anyone believes in the tree of knowledge. Actually, it was a fruitcake.

Answer 4

No, I think it was a fig.

I'm curious as to what the original Hebrew word was.


EDIT: Thanks for the clarification, Sammer! :)