{"product_id":"temptation-transformed-azzan-yadin-israel-9780226820767","title":"Temptation Transformed: The Story of How the Forbidden Fruit Became an Apple","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \"brisk and entertaining\" (\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) journey into the mystery behind why the forbidden fruit became an apple, upending an explanation that stood for centuries.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e How did the apple, unmentioned by the Bible, become the dominant symbol of temptation, sin, and the Fall? \u003ci\u003eTemptation Transformed\u003c\/i\u003e pursues this mystery across art and religious history, uncovering where, when, and why the forbidden fruit became an apple. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Azzan Yadin-Israel reveals that Eden's fruit, once thought to be a fig or a grape, first appears as an apple in twelfth-century French art. He then traces this image back to its source in medieval storytelling. Though scholars often blame theologians for the apple, accounts of the Fall written in commonly spoken languages--French, German, and English--influenced a broader audience than cloistered Latin commentators. Azzan Yadin-Israel shows that, over time, the words for \"fruit\" in these languages narrowed until an apple in the Garden became self-evident. A wide-ranging study of early Christian thought, Renaissance art, and medieval languages, \u003ci\u003eTemptation Transformed\u003c\/i\u003e offers an eye-opening revisionist history of a central religious icon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Azzan Yadin-Israel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226820769\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226820767\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/10\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 5.91w x 0.79d","brand":"Azzan Yadin-Israel","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44076438159615,"sku":"9780226820767","price":27.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_63e5735c-ea74-4aee-811f-47c6cc9dd241.jpg?v=1685464992","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/temptation-transformed-azzan-yadin-israel-9780226820767","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}