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the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden probably wasn t an apple. Scholar Jerome translated the original Hebrew peri (fruit) into Latin malus , which is a pun on the Latin word for bad. Apples weren t indigenous to the Levant.

Apr 5, 2022•1 min read

Fun Fact: the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden probably wasn’t an apple. Scholar Jerome translated the original Hebrew “peri” (fruit) into Latin “malus”, which is a pun on the Latin word for bad. Apples weren’t indigenous to the Levant.

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