Garden-of-Eden(伊甸园)

LOGO2012级对外汉语班龙政驰LOGOTheGardenofEdenisthebiblicalgardenofGod,describedmostnotablyintheBookofGenesis,butalsomentioned,directlyorindirectly,inEzekiel,IsaiahandelsewhereintheOldTestament.Inthepast,thefavouredderivationofthenameEdenwasfromtheAkkadianedinnu,itselfderivedfromaSumerianwordmeaningplainorsteppe,butitisnowbelievedtobemorecloselyrelatedtoanAramaicrootmeaningfruitful,well-watered.ScripturesdepictAdamandEveaswalkingaroundtheGardenofEdennaked.LOGOLOGOTheEdenofGenesishasbeenvariouslylocatedattheheadwatersoftheTigrisandEuphratesinnorthernIraq,inAfrica,andinthePersianGulf.TheEdeninEzekielappearstobelocatedinLebanon.Formanymedievalwriters,theimageoftheGardenofEdenalsocreatesalocationforhumanloveandsexuality,oftenassociatedwiththeclassicandmedievaltropeofthelocusamoenus.LOGOGodcreatingthefirsthuman,whomheplacesinagardenintheeast,inEden.Godtasksthemantotendthegarden,butforbidshimtoeatfromthetreeofknowledgeofgoodandevil.Godthenformsawomanfromaribofthemantobeacompaniontotheman.ThefirstmanandwomanbreakGod'scommandandeatthefruitoftheforbiddentree,andGodexpelsthemfromthegardentopreventthemfromeatingofasecondtree,thetreeoflife,andlivingforever.GodthenplacedcherubimandaflamingswordflashingbackandforthontheeastsideoftheGardenofEdentoguardthewaytothetreeoflife.LOGOTheGardenofEarthlyDelightsisthemoderntitlegiventoatriptychpaintedbytheEarlyNetherlandishmasterHieronymusBosch.