在基督教聖經《創世紀》中記載,亞當與夏娃因為吃了上帝不允許吃、分辨善惡樹的果子(禁果),因此被逐出伊甸園。聖經上沒有寫分辨善惡樹的果子是哪一種水果,不過有些基督教的傳統認為那就是蘋果[51]。中東在聖經時期還不知道有蘋果這種水果,這種說法有可能是將拉丁文mālum(蘋果)及mălum(邪惡)弄混,兩者正式的寫法都是malum[52]。上帝不允許吃的果子是「分辨善惡樹的果子」(the tree of the knowledge of good and evil)Genesis 2:17,而拉丁文的"good and evil"是bonum et malum[53]。
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