11-06-2011, 04:53 AM
What I've been taught is that both the Aramaic and the Hebrew words are from the Persian pairidaeza.
See here for an article touching on the relevant info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise#Judaism
Please feel free to straighten me out if you have a more authoritative & credible source which contradicts. I know Wikipedia is not ideal.
See here for an article touching on the relevant info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise#Judaism
Please feel free to straighten me out if you have a more authoritative & credible source which contradicts. I know Wikipedia is not ideal.