Myth Buster..Adam Never Ate An Apple
Inherited from Adam and Eve???
Myth Buster Adam’s Apple
That’s right,
Adam never ate an apple in the biblical account,
which refers only to ‘forbidden fruit’ of which the Lord said, “Ye shall not eat of the fruit which is in the midst of the garden, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die” Genesis 3:3.
Some believe it was an apricot or pomegranate.
Many fruits and vegetables have been called ‘apples’ such as: pomegranates “apples of Carthage”, tomatoes “love apples”, dates “finger apples” and potatoes “apples of the earth”.
The Story Goes Adam accepted Eve’s offer of eating the fruit, whereupon a piece of the apple stuck in his throat forming the lump we call the Adam’s apple, and that all of us, particularly males, inherited this mark of his ‘fall’. Pioneer anatomists honored the superstition in the mid-18th century by calling it pomum Adami, or Adams’ apple.
Any thoughts about this? Did you believe that it was an apple that Eve gave Adam? Leave your comments!
taken from The Henry Holt Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins by Robert Hendrickson
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I have no idea what kind of actual fruit The Forbidden Fruit was. This is definitely one of the questions that I wanna ask God when I get to heaven. Was there only ONE tree with that kind of fruit and when Adam and Eve got kicked out of the Garden, did it eventually die? Or did it produce seeds and spread all over the planet? I’d like to know…
You have some interesting thoughts about this tree and its forbidden fruit. “Did it produce seeds” made me start wondering. From what I read in that portion of the Word, there was only one of those trees.
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For what it’s worth, “Apple” was once synonymous with “fruit”.
I don’t remember what time period “Apple” began to be used only to describe the fruit from the Malus domestica tree, but I’d bet the bible was first spread to English-speakers back when “Apple” simply meant “fruit”, and the story of Adam’s apple stuck after the meaning of the word “Apple” changed.
Yes, Cira,
That’s what I’ve read about the word ‘apple’ also. Your thoughts on the word’s history sounds very logical.
What I also thought was interesting was the Middle Easterners have thought the fruit is a banana.
According to ‘the Real Hebrew Bible’ there was no mention of this apple.
Very interesting, TC. Thanks for leaving your comment.
That is a really interesting myth. It is really interesting how someone can come up with something like that.
Hi there,
I’m Muslim, and I want to add that Islam never refered to the fruit as a banana.
I dunno where did u get this intel from. But it’not true. Quran just says “fruit” of the tree.
Thank you for correcting this article.
Have a good day.
Amine
Hello, Amine,
Thank your for your input stating that “the Quran does not refer to the fruit as being a banana.” The intel is taken from the book mentioned above, The Henry Holt Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins by Robert Hendrickson. I’m glad to correct the error.