Lawrence Stager discusses biblical descriptions of several gardens, including the Garden of Eden. A description in the Book of Ezekiel locates the Garden of Eden close to Jerusalem. Taking his cue from Ezekiel, Stager postulates that the garden in the Valley of Kidron might be Eden. He tests this theory against passages in the Psalms, the Song of Songs and Genesis.
Lawrence Stager is Dorot Professor of the Archaeology of Israel and head of the Semitic Museum at Harvard University and has directed the Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon since 1985. Prior to teaching at Harvard, he was professor of Syro-Palestinian archaeology at the Oriental Institute and the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago. Stager has authored several Biblical Archaeology Review articles, the most recent of which is "The Fury of Babylon: Ashkelon and the Archaeology of Destruction," in the January/February 1996 issue.
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