To taste the forbidden fruit
WHEN the medieval translation of the Bible told the story of Adam, Eve and the Tree of Knowledge, the identity of the forbidden fruit thereon was not specified. So why the apple? Blame was abroad in Eden. Adam blamed Eve, she blamed the serpent, the Almighty was duly annoyed with all concerned, although it was really his fault for putting the tree there in the first place. Thus was born the culpability culture we still embrace today—but the apple? Blame art. For want of a better suggestion, early illustrators of the Biblical script painted in the apple as the tempting, tasty and easily recognised option.
‘ Thus was born the culpability culture we still embrace–but the apple? Blame art ’
The Christian narrative adopted from the ancient Judaism of the Old Testament was not the first to pick the apple as a dramatic focus. The fruit had been at the core
