The Forbidden Fruit

[Rose]

Why is the apple associated as the forbidden fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil?

 

[bobinfaith]

Good morning, Rose;

For centuries between the religious scholars, the apple, pomegranate, figs and other fruit associated with the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

What I find humorous about these scholars, these are people of learned Bible knowledge who overlooked In Genesis 2 and 3 that none of the names of various fruits are written, only the name fruit.

Does this help?

God bless you, Rose.

Bob

 

[Yesua888]

I found this and it sounds pretty reasonable:

The Bible never identifies the forbidden fruit as an apple; the original Hebrew text uses the generic term peri for "fruit" and does not specify the species. The association likely stems from a Latin pun in the Vulgate translation, where malum (evil) and malus (apple) are similar, a concept popularized by medieval art and later literary works like John Milton’s Paradise Lost.

The Bible mentions apples in the following verses:

• Song of Solomon 2:3: Describes the beloved’s shade as an apple tree among the trees of the forest.
• Song of Solomon 2:5: References apple trees as a place of refreshment.
• Song of Solomon 8:5: Asks who is coming up from the wilderness leaning on her beloved (often translated in contexts involving apple imagery in other verses, though the word "apple" appears in 2:3 and 2:5 specifically).
• Proverbs 25:11: Compares a fitting word to apples of gold in settings of silver.
• Joel 1:12: Laments that the vine and fig tree have dried up, but also mentions that the apple tree (or fruit trees generally, depending on translation of tapuach) has withered.