The Garden of Eden

Japanese: エデンの園 - えでんのその(英語表記)The Garden of Eden
The Garden of Eden

In ancient Hebrew mythology, the Garden of Eden refers to the paradise where Adam and Eve, the first humans created by God, were first made to live (Genesis, Chapters 2-3, Old Testament). However, Adam and Eve disobeyed God's command and ate the fruit of the "tree of knowledge of good and evil," and were banished from there. It is said that this is why death entered humanity. Based on this story, the "Garden of Eden" was later used theologically and symbolically to mean "heaven," "utopia," "a state without sin or evil," and so on. The other image is the place from which the first humans sinned (original sin) and were banished. In Christianity, it is particularly associated with the latter, and "salvation" is often interpreted as the restoration of the state of the Garden of Eden before the Fall of Sin. The origin of the word Eden is unknown, but the word paradise comes from the Greek translation of the Garden of Eden.

[Tsukimoto Akio]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

古代ヘブライ神話において、神によってつくられた最初の人間アダムとイブが、最初に住まわせられた楽園(パラダイス)のこと(『旧約聖書』「創世記」第2~3章)。しかしアダムとイブは神の命令を犯して「善悪を知る樹」の実を食べここから追放された。人類に死が入ってきたのもこのためだという。この物語が基になって、「エデンの園」はのちに「天国」「理想郷」「罪や悪のない状態」などの意味で、神学的、象徴的に用いられる。もう一つは、最初の人類が罪を犯して(原罪)そこから追放された場所のイメージである。キリスト教では、とくに後者と結び付き、「救済」が堕罪以前のエデンの園の状態の回復と解されることが多い。なおエデンの語源は不明だが、パラダイスなる語はエデンの園のギリシア語訳に由来する。

[月本昭男]

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