Did Eve really tempt Adam with an apple?
Or was it simply because it was easy to depict?
One would never really know.
After all, the bible doesn't detail specifically what fruit Eve used.
It could have been a lemon or a pomegranate or a guava.
In fact, in the early centuries, apple was a generic term for all fruit other than berries but including nuts. So a peanut would have been called an apple. So would be guava honeydew rock melon water melon durian mangosteen but not blueberries and cherries.
I suppose we should be thankful that we now have specific names for each fruit, otherwise we'll have a hard time buying fruits at the fruit store.
"Uncle, apple juice please."
"Orh, which kind of apple you want? The green round one (water melon), or the thorny green one (durian), or the...."
Of course this does makes one wonder is it really an Apple apple a day keeps a doctor away? Or a fruit other than berries but including nuts that keeps a doctor away?
