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We lose all fine meaning, then, when we shift Eden, the central point of Genesis 2, from the region of Jerusalem to east of the Tigris (חִדֶּקֶל) and Euphrates (פְרָת) rivers, which easterly re-orientation seems to be the preferred location today for the ancient Garden of Eden.
Genesis 10:29-30 affirms that Havilah and Ophir lived between Mesha going toward Sephar and that Mesha is a mountain in Mesopotamia. The Greek Geographer Strabo placed Nisibis at the foot of Mount Masius and the Masia Iris discovered by Paul Sintenis in 1888 was named after its discovery on Karaca Dag. Sephar is the ancient city of Sippar on the Euphrates in the South where the recently translated clay ration token of King Jehoiachin was found. Havilah is also located before you reach Mosul (ancient Assyria) if you are coming from Egypt on the ancient trade route through Carchemish. Genesis 25:18. A line drawn from Mesha toward Sephar follows the modern Khabur river who’s origin is the Karaca Dag. The Google Satellite image below shows the location of Havilah and its river the Pishon was located along the modern Khabur River in Turkey. Since Moses used the term Pishon not כבר Kebar which was in use at the time of the deportation to Babylon Ezekiel 1:1 it shows Genesis was not written during the deportation. Since all geographic references used to describe Eden were post diluvial, and Ezekiel was familiar with the Garden of Eden, the Garden was not destroyed by Noah’s Flood. The territory of Havilah through which the Pishon flowed didn’t exist until 5 generations after the flood. In conclusion The Modern Khabur river is the ancient Pishon river and Eden is located on Mount Mesha the modern Karaca Dag.
There is so much more to the story of Garden of Eden than what is typically revealed in a Sunday School Class. And while many will never see beyond this veiled view those who do often approach the subject from beyond the contextual framework and from a modern bias. When stripped of such obstacles one will begin to see that the symbolism within the story, and the context, brings with it the possibility of truly beginning to understand who God is, what He intended (and intends) mankind’s relationship with Him to be, and how one may develop a sound theological perspective of this relationship.
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Master's Thesis: Dallas Theological Seminary
Sociology Study
Digging in the Garden of Eden2018 •
The paper first presents the translation of Hebrew Genesis entitled At the Start… Genesis Made New. The new version belongs to the field of ethno-poetics. It intends to take today’s listener/reader back in time by capturing the characteristics of the original Hebrew and expressing them through the medium of modern English. If translations may be said to reflect archaeological layers of social history, At the Start... Genesis Made New attempts to dig down with the purpose of reaching the deepest layer: critical analysis of terminology in the Garden of Eden story provides insights into the primitive Hebrew society that invented this particular myth more than 3,000 years ago. The paper also looks at the same story as translated in the Revised Standard Version, first published as the Authorised Version or King James Bible in 1661, and The New English Bible, published in 1961. Different world views characteristic of European society in recent centuries colours the understanding of the biblical text. The translations are affected in consequence. A comparison between the versions is revealing…
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Joel Klenck, The Region of Eden: Analysis and Debate2009 •
Eastern Anatolia, southern Iraq, and Jerusalem have been proposed as the regions that once contained the Garden of Eden. Several creationists have argued that it is impossible to locate the region of Eden due to the dramatic changes to the surface of the earth during the Noachian Deluge. However, a close analysis of relevant Biblical passages and the archaeology, geography, geology, paleontology, and paleobotany of Anatolia, the Near East, and North Africa suggest that the region of Eden was located in southeastern Anatolia. This region provides source waters for four rivers, following Precambrian rift valleys or faults, which are connected to the Biblical locales of Asshur, Havilah, and Cush. The rivers traversed a landmass that originated in the Precambrian not covered by the alleged expanse of the Tethys Ocean. Furthermore, southeastern Anatolia is associated with the ancient kingdom of the House of Eden. Although the Bible states that the Flood was a global catastrophic event, the confluence of biblical texts with geographical, geological, and other data provides a compelling indication that its effects did not eradicate all evidence of Eden's original location.
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