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Worth noting the original text in Genesis (Adam and Eve) doesn't specify an 'apple' but rather fruit from a tree
by tedk-42 5y ago
Worth noting the original text in Genesis (Adam and Eve) doesn't specify an 'apple' but rather fruit from a tree
- rsj_hn 5y agoThere are a number of different texts. According some rabbinical traditions it was a pomegranate, but according to the Book of Enoch and other intertestamental texts it was "like a species of tamarind tree". I'm not aware of any tradition that calls it an apple tree, although this may have been the case in some medieval paintings.
- dalbasal 5y agoYep, it's an artistic tradition. A lot of traditional/medieval depictions of biblical stuff draw on greco-roman art. Angels/Cherubim are depicted as winged babies in art, kind of like Cupid. The way they're described in text is totally different. Six wings and four faces, each of a different animal. Biblical angels and creatures were more like of Egyptian or Babylonian deities (eg sphinxes) than how we usually draw them. Scary mashups of different animals.