8 hours ago
(Yesterday, 02:49 PM)quintessentone Wrote: How accurate and complete, without it being open to different interpretations, do you think this 'passing down' of truth or stories could be?
It's clearly only a brief reference of a few verses. The intended meaning is not clear.
The headwaters of the Euphrates are a fairly barren looking place but climate change or irrigation could have rendered the area around it a garden. But the few verses you cited don't affirm or rule out that it was the headwaters of the Euphrates or perhaps just a manmade garden downriver akin to a city park.