Paradise lost
The story of the Garden of Eden is one of the best known in the Bible. It explains how Adam and Eve, the first humans, sinned, were separated from God and were expelled from paradise.
Yet how much do you really know about the story? For example, the devil and the apple, although well known, are not mentioned in the version of the story found in the book of Genesis, the first book of the Bible.
More startling is the fact there is a second brief version of the Garden of Eden story in the Bible, which appears in the book of Ezekiel. It contains no reference to Eve and some scholars believe it was written before Genesis. It reveals a very different narrative in which a mighty king was thrown out of the garden for trading, violence and claiming to be like God.
CLICKABLE: Secrets of the Garden of Eden
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