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The forbidden fruit growing in the Garden, which the serpent encouraged the woman to eat, was tappuah. This Hebrew word doesn’t mean apple. In fact, it’s only very recently that apple varieties have been developed which will actually grow in the hot, dry climate of Palestine, where the stories probably originate. Scholars debate what was actually meant by that word tappuah. It could have been an orange, pomelo, apricot or pomegranate – but it almost certainly wasn’t an apple.
