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Friday, December 12, 2014

Common misconceptions

The forbidden fruit from the Book of Genesis is commonly assumed to be an apple & is widely depicted as such in Western art

But, the Bible doesn't identify what type of fruit it is
..The original Hebrew texts mention only tree & fruit

Early Latin translates it to 'mali', meaning both "evil" & "apple"

Jewish scholars suggest the fruit could have been a grape, a fig, wheat, an apricot or an etrog


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