RT Article
T1 The Garden of Eden as an Israelite Sacred Place
JF Theology today
VO 77
IS 1
SP 89
OP 99
A1 Kang, Seung Il
LA English
PB Sage Publ.
YR 2020
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1694465926
AB This article attempts to interpret the Garden of Eden as sacred space, comparing its features with those of other sacred places. This article disputes the common view that biblical descriptions of the Solomonic Temple were influenced by the Garden of Eden imagery; instead, it demonstrates that some features of Jerusalem and the Temple were incorporated into the Garden of Eden story. While many biblical scholars have hypothesized that the Garden of Eden story has Mesopotamian roots, this article describes how the author of the Eden narrative tries to present the Garden of Eden as an Israelite sacred place geographically, historically, and religiously.
K1 Cush
K1 Ezekiel
K1 Gihon
K1 Jerusalem
K1 Mircea Eliade
K1 Temple
K1 Sacred Space
K1 the Garden of Eden
DO 10.1177/0040573617731712