Description: Scholarly proposals are presented for the pre-biblical origin in Mesopotamian myths of the Garden of Eden story. Some Liberal PhD scholars (1854-2010) embracing an Anthropological viewpoint have proposed that the Hebrews have recast earlier motifs appearing in Mesopotamian myths. Eden's garden is understood to be a recast of the gods' city-gardens in the Sumerian Edin, the floodplain of Lower Mesopotamia. It is understood that the Hebrews in the book of Genesis are refuting the Mesopotamian account of why Man was created and his relationship with his Creators (the gods and goddesses). They deny that Man is a sinner and rebel because he was made in the image of gods and goddesses who were themselves sinners and rebels, who made man to be their agricultural slave to grow and harvest their food and feed it to them in temple sacrifices thereby ending the need of the gods to toil for their food in the city-gardens of Edin in ancient Sumer.
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Item Length: 22.9 cm
Book Title: The Garden of Eden Myth: Its Pre-Biblical Origin in Mesopotamian Myths
Item Height: 229mm
Item Width: 152mm
Author: Walter Mattfeld
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Religious History
Publisher: Lulu.Com
Publication Year: 2010
Item Weight: 277g
Number of Pages: 184 Pages