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History of Paradise: The Garden of Eden in Myth and Tradition.
National Catholic Reporter
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October 13, 1995|
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Jean Delumeau's History of Paradise: The Garden of Eden in Myth and Tradition (translated by Matthew O'Connell, Continuum, 288 pages, $29.50) is a history of our hankering for that lost homeland -- one long sigh of regret. It tells us a world about ourselves.
"The Lord God planted a garden in Eden," according to Genesis. "And there he put the man whom he had formed (before feminism and inclusive language). .. A river flows out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it divides and becomes four branches."
For almost three millennia, writes Delumeau, Jews and ...
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Birds in the garden: it's a matter of timing.
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