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Where was the garden of Eden?

Answered by . May 20, 2012 - 4:44 pm

The location of the garden of Eden is described in Genesis 2:10-14. A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and there it divided and became four rivers. 11 The name of the first is the Pishon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. […]

Why are numerous major Biblical events so similar to contemporary and historical mythology?

Answered by . August 29, 2011 - 11:52 am 1

By the end of the 19th century archaeology had discovered many Mesopotamian texts containing creation and flood narratives remarkably similar to those in the Bible. Critical scholars came to believe that the Biblical narratives had simply been copied from earlier Mesopotamian myths.[1][2] The Biblical flood narrative in particular is still considered by some scholars to […]