Comments on: Fruit in the Bible

By: Dennis B. Swaney

Dennis B. Swaney — Sat, 20 Apr 2024 16:40:35 +0000

In reply to Reid. Pomegranates DO grow on trees as I had one on my property in California. My late wife would harvest them and make juice.

By: David in MA

David in MA — Wed, 28 Nov 2018 21:44:03 +0000

What tree is being referred to when it was said, the leaves for medicine and the fruit for food?

By: Luisa F. Mendoza

Luisa F. Mendoza — Fri, 28 Sep 2018 13:48:45 +0000

That is a great article, so timely. I am working on a sermon on the Feast of Booths that we are celebrating at my church and I came across some of the fruits to be eaten during this celebration. That is amazing. Thank you.

By: dacidd

dacidd — Thu, 06 Sep 2018 10:40:49 +0000

Hello Dr. David, can you explain the ancient Jewish Marriage to me. Please…..

By: Dave Maloney

Dave Maloney — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 13:14:53 +0000

I am a beekeeper researching kosher matters regarding honey bee honey. I recently heard a Rabbi state that the honey referred to in the Bible (e.g., land of milk and honey) refers not to honey from the honey bee, but rather is a reference to “apricot honey” which he said he has tasted and is not very good. He also said that floral sourced honey from the honey bee was extremely rare in Biblical times. Can you refer me to any information regarding this claim that Biblical honey is actually apricot honey?

By: meshak Suja

meshak Suja — Thu, 05 Jan 2017 02:42:58 +0000

Thank you so much. I love this article. I learned so many things which I never thought before.

By: David

David — Sun, 27 Nov 2016 02:51:26 +0000

Many feel the fruit would have been a fig, since fig leaves could have been used to make the garments, but not apple tree leaves. Since the Bible says they sewed leaves “of the tree”, we know it’s a tree we’ve seen before, hence the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

By: Judith Abeles

Judith Abeles — Sat, 26 Nov 2016 23:49:04 +0000

Gefen is vineyard, not grape. Anav, later in the article, is correct for grape. Grapes are not a tree fruit, they grow on a vine. Thanks for the article,

By: Reid

Reid — Thu, 24 Nov 2016 17:47:49 +0000

Yesher koach on a wonderfully researched article. Question: can we really call grape vine and pomegranate ‘tree fruit’?

By: anthonyg25

anthonyg25 — Tue, 03 May 2016 00:10:47 +0000

I once read that apple trees are not native to the middle east and that the fruit translated as apple in English was probably the apricot. Have any apple seeds or dried apple been recovered from archeological sites?