AN N EA 10W Chapter 1: ANE Stager
Document Summary
Symbol/reality of heaven on earth/paradise/garden of eden. Sacred center where yahweh established his house and household. Solo(cid:373)o(cid:374) (cid:271)uilt yhwh(cid:859)s house (cid:894)te(cid:373)ple(cid:895) a(cid:374)d the ki(cid:374)g(cid:859)s house (cid:894)pala(cid:272)e(cid:895) side (cid:271)y side o(cid:374) Zion: linked heaven and earth (axis mundi, where adam and eve buried according to jewish traditions. Cosmic mountains traditionally situated above the primordial waters (source of sacred rivers that watered the 4 quarters of the earth) Account of creation written during the united monarchy (10 century bce) Soil watered not by rain but freshwater from below (gen 2:6) God planted a garden in eden: many trees and food. Tree of knowledge of good and bad (gen 2:8-9: river divided into 4 there is gold, bdellium, carnelian. Primary water source for jerusalem (first temple period: watered kidron valley to the east and hinnom to the south. Not known as gihon in second temple period: waters of shiloah that flow gently.
