The Palace And The Garden Celestial Paradise – Terrestrial Paradise In The Three Monotheistic Religions
The Palace And The Garden Celestial Paradise – Terrestrial Paradise In The Three Monotheistic Religions

Summary/Abstract: Starting from the same primary textual source, the biblical text of Genesis, and under the equal influence of Gnostic literature, Judaism and Christianity developed the Paradise theme along similar lines. It is remarkable that the very time frame when these thematic developments took place was similar. What made the major difference was the theme’s application. In the Jewish environment, it was limited to mystical speculation, and in a later phase it slid into folklore; while in Christianity it was translated, from an early stage, into the secular area: from literature to social, political or artistic realities. In the Islamic case, which lacked canonical textual basis, it was limited to folkloric literature and immediate reality

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