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Where was Eden?
Genesis 2 names four rivers, two of which are identifiable. Every proposed location depends on how literally the geography is read.
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How it is argued
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Mesopotamian reading
The Tigris and Euphrates point to southern Mesopotamia; the Persian Gulf basin is a common candidate.
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Literary reading
The geography functions symbolically — a temple-garden at the centre of the world rather than a locatable map point.
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