Episode 16: Did the author of Genesis 2 have a specific location for the Garden of Eden in mind? What other texts from the ancient world can provide insight on the geography of paradise?
⦾ Contents
0:04 - Prologue
1:06 - Eden: A Wasteland Transformed
2:26 - The Four Rivers
6:20 - Impossible Geography
8:44 - The Paradise of Dilmun
11:16 - The Mountain of Cedars
16:14 - Conclusion
17:26 - Credits and Easter egg
★ Special thanks to John Kesler for consulting and advice.
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⦾ Day, John (2013). From Creation to Babel: Studies in Genesis 1-11
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⦾ Wallace, Howard N. (1985). The Eden Narrative.
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