Where was the Garden of Eden Located?

Intersection of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

Many believe the Garden of Eden is located in the Mesopotamian area (modern-day Iraq). This locality is east of Palestine, which may be the meaning of Genesis 2:8. This area lies between the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers. These rivers are actually united for a short distance as one stream and then they divide and enter into the Persian Gulf by two mouths. Therefore, the area watered by these two streams is extremely fertile. This certainly fits the description of what we would think of today as an ideal agricultural location for the magnificent Garden of Eden.

Various Bible scholars differ as to where they think the Garden was located. Certainly there is no way to be dogmatic about this. However, the area described above is the more common view.

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Dr. Elmer Towns

Dr. Elmer Towns is a college and seminary professor, an author of popular and scholarly works (the editor of two encyclopedias), a popular seminar lecturer, and dedicated worker in Sunday school, and has developed over 20 resource packets for leadership education.His personal education includes a B.S. from Northwestern College in Minneapolis, Minnesota, a M.A. from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, a Th.M. from Dallas Theological Seminary also in Dallas, a MRE from Garrett Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois, and a D.Min. from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California.He is co-founder of Liberty University, with Jerry Falwell, in 1971, and was the only full-time teacher in the first year of Liberty’s existence. Today, the University has over 11,400 students on campus with 39,000 in the Distance Learning Program (now Liberty University Online), and he is the Dean of the School of Religion.Dr. Towns has given theological lectures and taught intensive seminars at over 50 theological seminaries in America and abroad. He holds visiting professorship rank in five seminaries. He has written over 2,000 reference and/or popular articles and received six honorary doctoral degrees. Four doctoral dissertations have analyzed his contribution to religious education and evangelism.

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