The Medieval Podcast

How the Forbidden Fruit Became an Apple with Azzan Yadin-Israel

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June 21, 2023 10:13pm

48m

Everyone knows that the fruit Eve was tempted to eat in the Garden of Eden was an apple - or was it? This week, Danièle speaks with Azzan Yadin-Israel about the original fruit of original sin, how written culture and art worked together to transform it, and why it took centuries to settle on the apple.

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