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Nancy Wiechec: The fig

01/06/2021 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

FOOD FROM SCRIPTURE A symbol of security, prosperity, faith Velvety soft on the outside with sweet crimson flesh within, the fig is a captivating food that makes its biblical debut in Genesis. Could the fig have been the forbidden fruit Adam and Eve ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil? According […]

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