TEMPTATION AND PUNISHMENT: TWO VISIONS OF THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT IN EAST AND WEST LITERATURE

This article explores the many interpretations of the Forbidden Fruit in both Eastern and Western literary and theological traditions. Using the IMRAD format, the article compares and contrasts Eastern Jewish and Islamic interpretations, where the fruit is varyingly identified as a grape, fig, or wheat, with the Western Christian association of the fruit with the apple, which is largely shaped by Latin wordplay and artistic-literary tradition (e.g., Paradise Lost). The study makes the case that Eastern viewpoints emphasize moral progress, human understanding, and consequences without a fixed fruit identity, while Western perspectives emphasize sensual temptation and the idea of original sin.

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