Paradise lust : searching for the Garden of Eden / Brook Wilensky-Lanford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilensky-Lanford, Brook, 1977-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eden.

Physical Description:

xviii, 291 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), portraits ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Grove Press, [2011]

Summary:

Contending that the search for a literal Garden of Eden has not faded with progressive understandings about evolution, a survey of modern quests to discover Eden's location reveals how the same biblical verses have inspired efforts in numerous regions.

Contents:

Unity. The last giant man of Eden ; The Great Divide ; The serpent lesson

Civilization. The Salt River ; Far East of Eden ; Practically Paradise ; The tree is dead, long live the tree

Interlude : survival of the witness

Progress. The Location Committee ; Mother Eve's great decision ; Back to the land

Exile. An evolving creation ; The once and future Eden ; The beginning or the end? ; Last tree standing.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-285).

ISBN:

9780802119803 :

0802119808

OCLC:

693810211