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Here’s one for ya. The very first thing ever named in [one biblical version of] history was “apple.” Unlike other disputes that people claim are ancient… the A
by b33j0r 4y ago
Here’s one for ya. The very first thing ever named in [one biblical version of] history was “apple.”
Unlike other disputes that people claim are ancient… the Apple dispute is still being fought, from Newton to the Beatles to genetically pure Honeycrisp.
Naming things is still the Lord’s most difficult commandment (probably a reference to RMS, I’m not sure anymore).
- schoen 4y ago> The very first thing ever named in [one biblical version of] history was “apple.” I'm not sure how to get that! The first noun in Genesis is either "beginning" or "God", depending on whether you take בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית as something like an adverb. (1:1) The first noun mentioned as spoken is "light". (1:3) The first noun mentioned as spoken in a conversation involving a human is "earth". (1:28) The first noun mentioned as spoken by a human is either "time" or "bone", depending on whether you take הַפַּעַם as something like an adverb. (2:23)
- chrismorgan 4y ago… and there’s no apple at all. The tree of the knowledge of good and evil is not identified with any tree now known, nor is its fruit identified.
- b33j0r 4y agoWell then. You haven’t read the REAL version ;) (The above has been light-hearted gesturing to a story about naming things, and does not constitute actual theology. Please consult your local serious person for further commentary; suggestion not valid in all nation-states)
- fortran77 4y agoThis is simply untrue. The fruit of the Tree of Knowledge is unnamed in the Hebrew Bible.
- b33j0r 4y agoGuys. You got my joke (y) ;)