Temptation TransformedA journey into the mystery behind why the forbidden fruit became an apple. How did the apple, unmentioned by the Bible, become the dominant symbol of temptation, sin, and the Fall? Temptation Transformed pursues this mystery across art and religious history, uncovering where, when, and why the forbidden fruit became an apple Azzan Yadin Israel reveals that Edens fruit, once thought to be a fig or a grape, first appears as an apple in twelfth century