The middle east? africa? or where???
2007-02-01 21:48:18 · 22 answers · asked by Femi 2 in Travel ➔ Other - Destinations
Michael Sanders says that the Garden of Eden is in eastern Turkey because the Tigris and Euphrates rise in the mountains there. In this region, Sanders identified four rivers and linked them with the rivers described in Genesis. These are the Murat River, the Tigris, the Euphrates, and the north fork of the Euphrates. This, he says, ‘proves that the Bible’s description of the Garden of Eden is completely and literally accurate.
2007-02-01 21:54:44 · answer #1 · answered by Bertie D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone knows that, Yellowstone National Park, of course!
Haven't you ever been to Eden?
From Wikipedia comes this ~~
The creation story in Genesis relates the geographical location of both Eden and the garden in relation to four major rivers (Pishon, Gihon, Hiddekel, Euphrates), as well as in relation to a number of named regions (Havilah, Cush, Asshur or Assyria).
This seems to suggest a setting in the ancient near east, specifically somewhere in Mesopotamia.
However, because the identification of these rivers has been the subject of much controversy and speculation, a substantial consensus now exists that the knowledge of the location of Eden has been lost.
There is yet no other indication found of its existence beyond the record found in Genesis and other early Judaeo-Christian literature, such as Jubilees.
From:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_of_Eden
2007-02-02 00:06:06 · answer #2 · answered by Yellowstonedogs 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There was a TV programme on this. Using all the clues in the Bible and a little conjecture, the guy ended up at the top end of the River Euphrates in Northern Iraq.
That's if you really believe in the Garden of Eden, that is.
2007-02-01 22:06:44 · answer #3 · answered by efes_haze 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Right where I live...because I take the effort to make it so.
On my travels I onced visited a place called Eden. The name is apt..it is. The weather is nice all year round. Trees, orchids, giant ferns, and other exotic plants abound, lending an aura of wonder, peace, romance. Birds flits here and there...peacocks in full regalia even came looking for food crumbs. With the right companion, it's perfect...I could live forever there.
Eden is a state in your mind...you can have it...it exist.
2007-02-02 02:53:12 · answer #4 · answered by McDreamy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The middle east
2007-02-04 15:46:48 · answer #5 · answered by Colonyhkman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you believe such a place existed, most scholars plump for the valleys between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers in what was Mesopotamia, but is now most of modern-day Iraq (and bits of Turkey), which is a bit of a shame at the moment since the country lies in a war zone and can't really fulfil its promise as a tourist destination. It has such a rich cultural history, too. A shame if you ask me.
2007-02-02 02:54:43 · answer #6 · answered by Mental Mickey 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My guess is an oasis surrounded by miles and miles of desert and undersirable living conditions. Otherwise, why would it be so fabulous if the area around it didn't suck?
Of course some people may like the desert, but current day people probably have an easier time living in it than people of the past.
2007-02-01 21:59:16 · answer #7 · answered by Stacey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Generally back then there wouldnt of been an africa etc since all land was joined as one.
2007-02-01 21:52:36 · answer #8 · answered by mdcdeve 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe in that kind of stuff, but i have read the numerous versions of the bible and i think it would be in the Tigris-Euphrates River Valley. If I believed of course.
2007-02-01 21:51:04 · answer #9 · answered by flamemaster_lang 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Edinburgh
2007-02-01 21:58:08 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋