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No, there is no evidence that the Garden of Eden ever existed. In fact, an analysis of the biblical text shows that it could never have existed as a physical reality. The Book of Genesis identifies four rivers that went out of Eden, the Pishon, Gihon, Tigris, and Euphrates. Only the last two of which are clearly known to us, but the Gihon is described as being in Ethiopia, which is actually in another continent.

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Leon R. Kass (The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis) says that there can be no single terrestrial place that would serve as the common source of these four widely separated rivers. True, the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers do meet, but the lands the text associates with the first two rivers are clearly separated from the Tigris-Euphrates valley, the first to the north, the second to the south. This geographical impossibility tells us that the Garden of Eden was a purely mythical place.

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Is an angel still guarding the Garden of Eden?

No. Leon R. Kass (The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis) says we can learn most from the story of the Garden of Eden by regarding it as a mythical yet realistic portrait of permanent truths about our humanity, rather than as a historical yet idealised portrait of a blissful existence once enjoyed but now lost. What he is telling us is that Adam and Eve did not really live, there was no Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, no Tree of Life that would have granted Adam and Eve immortality, and no cherubim.


What is the Garden of Eden called now?

A:Biblically, the Garden of Eden continues to be called just that, the Garden of Eden. As to its present location, Leon R. Kass (The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis) says that there can be no single terrestrial place that would serve as the common source of these four widely separated rivers identified with the Garden of Eden. True, the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers do meet, but the lands the text associates with the first two rivers are clearly separated from the Tigris-Euphrates valley, the first to the north, the second to the south. He calls the Garden of Eden a purely mythic place.


What is eden?

Eden can refer to the biblical garden where Adam and Eve lived or an ideal or idyllic place. It can also refer to a singer-songwriter named Eden or to the electronic dance music project EDEN developed by Jonathan Ng.


What was Adams first job in the garden?

Adams first job was to name all the animals in the garden of Eden.


Where is the gurden of eden?

The Garden of Eden is a symbolic place mentioned in religious texts like the Bible. Its exact location is not known, as some believe it to be a mythical or spiritual realm rather than a physical place on Earth.

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What does the Garden of Eden have to do with African history?

AnswerThere is nothing about the biblical Garden of Eden in the history or pre-history of Africa, nor any geological of fossil evidence of any such garden in Africa. Early humans lived in Africa millions of years before the time the Garden of Eden is supposed to have existed.


In what year was the Garden of Eden believed to have existed?

The Garden of Eden is believed to have existed around 4000 BC according to some religious texts and interpretations.


When was the Garden of Eden created and how long ago did it exist?

The Garden of Eden was created according to the Bible in the Book of Genesis. It is believed to have existed around 6,000 years ago.


Is there any physical proof that Adam and Eve were real?

There is no physical evidence anywhere, for Adam and Eve or the Garden of Eden. In fact overwhelming physical evidence, from the geological and fossil record, demonstrates that man really evolved from earlier species millions of years ago.


Was Cain conceived in the garden of eden?

The evidence of the Genesis account suggests that Cain was conceived [Genesis 4] after the "serpent incident" and Adam and Eve's subsequent banishment from the Garden of Eden [chapter 3].


Is the Garden of Eden still here today?

A:No. Every part of the earth has been mapped and photographed, and there is no Garden of Eden. In fact, Leon R. Kass (The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis) says that the Garden of Eden is a purely mythic place. There never was a Garden of Eden on earth.


What was the name Adam and Eve's garden?

The garden had no name. It was planted by God in Eden. Eden was the name of the land that was to the east of where God created the first man, Adam.


When Adam and Eve were cast out of the garden of eden what was the name of the place they were cast to?

It was actually a garden in Eden called the Garden of Eden. So they left the garden, but I think they were still in Eden.


Were there cows in garden of eden?

Yes there were cows in the garden of Eden.


Is the Garden of Eden the same as the Garden of Aden?

No the Garden of eden is probally invisable as god put a fire sword over the entrance of the garden of eden!


Were Adam and Eve married to each other in the Garden of Eden?

In the Bible, Adam and Eve are considered the first man and woman created by God. While the concept of marriage as we know it today may not have existed in the Garden of Eden, they are often seen as a couple or partners.


Which County is known as the garden of Eden?

It is to my understanding that the garden of Eden was or is located in turkey or near there. Anatolia a region of turkey. site of the garden of Eden.