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Birgitt Krumboeck asked this question about The Island of Missing Trees:
I always thought that the Tree in the Garden of Eden was a pomegranate, not a fig tree? Definitely, not an apple tree, though, since this was a mistranslation.
Mary Erickson The Genesis account in the Torah and Christian Bible does not signify. It is the "Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil." After Adam and Eve ate from…moreThe Genesis account in the Torah and Christian Bible does not signify. It is the "Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil." After Adam and Eve ate from the tree and realized they were naked--and ashamed of it--they "sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves." But there is not necessarily a connection between their choice of clothing and the tree they ate from. (God improved their wardrobe with garments of skin.)(less)
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