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Eden is the garden of happiness that humankind lost when Adam and Eve the first human couple, disobeyed the one true god, i.e., God, and ate the fruit of the forbidden tree. To this garden all humanity shall return if we accept God’s love and follow God’s law. It represents paradise in Abrahamic lore, which emerged over 4,000 years ago in the Middle East and has since spread to every corner of the world in three forms: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Like the Ramayana and Mahabharata, Jewish, Christian and Islamic tales too are cultural memories and metaphors, i.e. mythologies. They seek to make life meaningful by establishing a worldview based on one God, one life, and one way of living based on God’s message transmitted through many messengers. But these stories contrast Indian mythologies that are rooted in rebirth, where the world is without beginning or end, where there are infinite manifestations of the divine, both within and without, personal and impersonal, simultaneously monotheistic, polytheistic and atheistic. Eden explores the vast world of Abrahamic myths from a uniquely Indian prism, through storytelling that is intimate but not irreverent, and to introduce readers to the many captivating tales of angels, demons, prophets, patriarchs, judges and kings. It also retells stories from Mesopotamian, Egyptian and Zoroastrian mythologies that in?uenced Abrahamic monotheism over time.
From the Publisher
Publisher : Penguin (20 December 2021)
Language : English
Paperback : 312 pages
ISBN-10 : 0670095400
ISBN-13 : 978-0670095407
Item Weight : 350 g
Dimensions : 2.55 x 13.3 x 20.3 cm
Customers say
Customers appreciate the book’s storytelling, with one noting how it explains concepts in an easy-to-understand way. Moreover, the content receives positive feedback for its comprehensive coverage of three Abrahamic religions, with one customer highlighting how it makes complex stories from religious texts accessible.
