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A-Z: General definitions: Paradise
Definition
A place of beauty and perfection, associated in the Bible and literature with both the Garden of Eden before the fall of humankind, and heaven. Often used as a synonym for heaven.
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Big ideas: Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve, 'Second Adam'
The Christian Bible consists of the Old Testament scriptures inherited from Judaism, together with the New Testament, drawn from writings produced from c.40-125CE, which describe the life of Jesus and the establishment of the Christian church.
The place described in the Book of Genesis in the Old Testament, in which God placed his first human creatures, Adam and Eve.
Adam and Eve's act of disobedience in the Garden of Eden described in the Old Testament Book of Genesis which led to estrangement from God for them and their descendants.
In many religions, the place where God dwells, and to which believers aspire after their death. Sometimes known as Paradise.
A word that has essentially the same meaning as another one.
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