{"id":2124911,"date":"2025-10-30T15:12:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T15:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2124911"},"modified":"2025-10-30T15:12:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T15:12:16","slug":"rutgers-professor-to-present-judaic-studies-lecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/rutgers-professor-to-present-judaic-studies-lecture\/","title":{"rendered":"Rutgers Professor to Present Judaic Studies Lecture"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Weinberg Judaic Studies Institute of The University of Scranton will welcome Azzan Yadin-Israel, Ph.D., chair and professor of Jewish studies at Rutgers University, for a lecture Thursday, Nov. 13. Dr. Yadin-Israel\u2019s presentation, \u201cSolving the Mystery of Adam and Eve\u2019s Forbidden Fruit,\u201d will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Pearn Auditorium in Brennan Hall.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Yadin-Israel is the author of \u201cTemptation Transformed: The Story of the How the Forbidden Fruit Became an Apple.\u201d Released in 2022, Dr. Yadin-Israel\u2019s book pursues the centuries-old mystery of why, when and where an apple became the forbidden fruit.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Jerusalem Post<\/span><\/a> called Dr. Yadin-Israel\u2019s book \u201ca fascinating exploration\u201d and \u201can in-depth scholarly investigation\u201d into the forbidden fruit\u2019s roots.<\/span><\/p>\n

Reflecting upon his research in <\/span>an article for Rutgers Today<\/span><\/a>, Dr. Yadin-Israel contends that historical linguistics played a large role in identifying the forbidden fruit.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMost scholars have assumed that the emergence of the apple as the self-evident forbidden fruit must be driven by theological or religious considerations,\u201d he said. \u201cIf my argument is correct, the change occurred as the result of forces that are completely indifferent to these matters. It was a general shift in the meaning of an Old French word that happened to have ramifications for the best-known symbol in the Hebrew Bible.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Yadin-Israel graduated with a bachelor\u2019s degree in philosophy and Jewish thought from Hebrew University. He graduated with a Ph.D. in Jewish studies from the University of California, Berkeley. He\u2019s been a member of the Rutgers faculty since 2002 and has also held visiting positions at Princeton University, Jewish Theological Seminary, Cardozo Law School and University of Chicago Divinity School.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Yadin-Israel\u2019s presentation is free to attend and open to the public.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n