William Morris is one of the most admired figures of the Victorian era. Studies of his Art and his life fill the shelves of libraries. Yet, for all this accessibility, an air of uncertainty has always
The author travels around the world seeking unusual and illegal foods, including poppy seed crackers in Singapore, absinthe in Switzerland, and cocoa leaves in Bolivia, and explores the historical bac
A 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 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, Temptation Transfor
I won't be the last woman who found true love and her soul mate in the arms of a 'Forbidden Fruit' that belonged to another. I won't be the last woman to endure the heart and head struggle with right
They're drop-dead handsome?and we're not kidding!Welcome to the first and only guide devoted to loving the immortal man in all of his furry, feathery, fiery glory. Here is a forbidden-fruit salad of f
Presents a simplified version of the Biblical story of Adam and Eve, and how they were expelled from the Garden of Eden for eating the forbidden fruit.
