Tristan Hughes

First of all, what a story.

I mean, the way it's composed, the many different layers to it as well, like an onion and the influences you can see from the world in which it's written, like at that time.

It's fascinating.

It's a brilliant story.

First off, big question to start it.

Was there an apple?

Was the forbidden fruit an apple?

So it's a textual error almost, or a misinterpretation that's happened somewhere along the line, evil for apple.

Yeah, something like that, or a play on words that it worked for both.

Yeah.

I'm glad we sorted that straight away and we will certainly return to the story of the fruit and many different themes within the story of Adam and Eve.

But let's get the background out of the way first and foremost.

Where in the book of Genesis and where in the Old Testament is the story of Adam and Eve set and the Garden of Eden?

And that's where Abraham is as well, isn't it?

And Ur and that area of southern Mesopotamia.

So it all kind of links to that geographic part of the world.

And also in regards to the book of Genesis, you mentioned it right at the beginning, but whereabouts in the book of Genesis is this story placed?

Well, we absolutely will.

I mean, another big question, though, is that's where it is in the book.

But do we have any idea when this story is composed?