Adam and Eve Eat the Forbidden Fruit, S.XX
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Now the serpent was more subtle than any other beast of the field that Yahweh God had made. The serpent said to the woman: “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” And the woman said to the serpent: “We may eat the fruit of the trees in the garden, but not from the tree that is in the middle of the garden. God told us ‘Do not eat from it, nor even touch it, or you will die.’” The serpent said to the woman: “You will not surely die. God knows that when you eat of it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like gods, knowing good and evil”. The woman saw that the tree was good for food, pleasing to the eye, and desirable for gaining wisdom. She took some of its fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it too. (Genesis 3, 1-6)
This is one of the most frequently represented themes in the Old Testament, the beginning of the “History of Salvation”. The passage tells the story of the creation of the world and of humanity, but also their fall. Written by Hebrew priestly authors in the 4th century B.C., it highlights God's act of creation and the role of human beings as guardians of the created world.
The moment of temptation is captured in this scene. The tree of the knowledge of good and evil stands in the center and the serpent coils around it as a symbol of evil that urges Eve to disobey the divine law. Beside her, Adam watches as Eve holds two fruits; she holds one close to herself and she offers the other to Adam. Around them, various animals live in harmony, this harmony will soon be broken with the entrance of sin.