[471] Histoire Ancienne de l’Orient, Tom. I, p. 96 et seq. (Paris, 1881).
[472] See chapter on The Site of the Garden of Eden, in Science and the Church (by J. A. Zahm, Chicago, 1896), from which I have extensively drawn for the present treatment of the subject.
[473] Cf. Dictionnaire de la Bible, Tom. IV, Col. 2121 (pub. by F. Vigoroux, Paris, 1908).
[474] See Reise der K. preussichen Gesellschaft nach Persia, Tom. I, p. 146 (by H. Brugsch, Leipsic, 1862).
[475] Cf. Dom Calmet, Commentaire littéral sur la Genèse, p. 61 (Paris, 1715).
[476] Duo sunt amnes qui in unum coeunt deinde abeunt in diversas partes. Ita flumen unum est in confluente; duo autem inferioribus alveis sunt capita, et duo versus mare postquam rursus longius dividi incipiunt. See his Commentarius in Genesin. The map of Babylonia, which accompanies the text renders the author’s view quite clear, although it does not specify the site of the Garden of Eden.
[477] See The Higher Criticism and the Verdict of the Monuments, pp. 95, 96 (by A. H. Sayce, London, 1894). Cf. The Old Testament in the Light of the Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia, Chaps. I, II (by T. G. Pinches, London, 1908); The Chaldean Account of Genesis, p. 305 (by George Smith, London, 1876).
[478] Ibid., p. 97.
[479] Op. cit., pp. 97, 98.
[480] Modern Science and Bible Lands, pp. 197, 198 (New York, 1889).