David J. Gibson , The Land of Eden Located, , David J. Gibson spent many years searching for the Garden of Eden. As a Bible believing Christian he was convinced that Eden was an actual place, and that the Bible provides us clues as to its location. David's search for Eden was cut short in 1964 by his untimely death. However, before he died David was able to complete the initial draft manuscript of a book titled. "The Land of Eden Located."
Tijdschrift , HUGOYE: JOURNAL OF SYRIAC STUDIES, , [0], Vol. 6, No. 1, January 2003, Robert A. Kitchen, Syriac Additions to Anderson: The Garden of Eden in the Book of Steps and Philoxenus of Mabbug Adding to the Syriac witness on Genesis 3-4 introduced
in Gary A. Anderson's monograph, The Genesis of Perfection (reviewed
elsewhere in Hugoye) are two Syriac ascetical works: the Book of Steps
(Liber Graduum), an anonymous 4th century collection of
30 memre directed to a pre-monastic community; and the 6th
century collection of 13 memre or Discourses by Philoxenus,
bishop of Mabbug, directed monks under his episcopal authority. Both authors
utilize the narrative of Genesis 3-4 to model ascetical practices for their
community, and to portray the goal and reward of the ascetical life - the
return to perfection in the Garden of Eden.