The Baha'i Studies Listserv In the Bible Gan Eden is in Eden which is defined by four rivers: Diglat (Tigris) Firat (Euphrates) Gihon (Aras, Karun, Nile, Abay aka Blue Nile, Amu Darya, Syr Darya, etc.) Pishon (Qezel Uizon aka Sefid Rud aka Sepid Rud, Wadi Ramat ie dried up river, Nile, Ganges, Aras, Amu Darya, Syr Darya, etc.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_of_Eden
In a Hadith they are listed as: Saihan (Syr Darya) Jaihan (Amu Darya) Furat (Euphrates) Nil (Nile) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bf/NC_Middleeast_eden.png David Rohl lists them as: Diglat (Tigris) Firat (Euphrates) Gihon (Aras) Pishon (Qezel Uizon aka Sefid Rud aka Sepid Rud) He also put the Garden in the vaccinity of Tabriz. Flavius Josephus (The Antiquities of the Jews): Diglat (Tigris) Firat (Euphrates) Gihon (Nile) Pishon (Ganges) Arab scholars (various): Diglat (Tigris) Firat (Euphrates) Gihon (Amu Darya) Pishon (Syr Darya) Juris Jarins: Diglat (Tigris) Firat (Euphrates) Gihon (Karun) Pishon (Wadi Ramah ie a dried up river) He put the Garden either under the Persian Gulf or on its shore. I show that the Bible refers to it as extremely likely as a geographical place. Josephus even goes on to say that the territory of Eden (Nile to Ganges) covered more territory than the Roman Empire. Later on the apocrypha says that when Adam and Eve were banished from the Garden, angels took the Garden away from Earth and put in in one of the Seven Heavens, usually the third. Even though all this evidence points to Eden being on Earth. I read in a Sunni website that Eden was always in Heaven and that Heaven is a physical place. http://answering-christianity.com/bible_errors_regarding_heaven.htm http://answering-christianity.com/abdullah_smith/the_evidence_for_a_physical_paradise.htm What's with this interpretation? He blatantly ignores any info Wikipedia show contrary to his conclusion. __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:[email protected] Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [email protected] Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
