"Garden of Eden" or "Paradise of delight"? The Septuagint's rendering of ??? in the book of Genesis
Within the first chapters of the book of Genesis, the “paradise” is located in “Eden”. At least, this is how the majority of modern translators interpret the Hebrew term ??? . However, within the Hebrew text of Genesis 2-3, the term “Eden” seems to be used with a double entendre: on the one hand,...
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University of the Free State
2017-06-01
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| Series: | Acta Theologica |
| Online Access: | https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/at/article/view/2796 |
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