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:''See also Tree of life for other cultural interpretations, and Tree of life (disambiguation) for other meanings.'' The tree of life (, Standard ') is a term used in the Hebrew Bible that is a component of the world tree motif. In the Book of Genesis, the ''tree of life'' is first described in as being planted with the tree of the knowledge of good and evil () "in the midst of the Garden of Eden" by Yahweh Elohim (). In cherubim guard the way to the ''tree of life'' at the east end of the Garden. The ''tree of life'' has become the subject of much debate as to whether or not the ''tree of the knowledge of good and evil'' is the same tree. The Book of Proverbs uses the term ''tree of life'' four times in the figurative speech.〔''See:'' 〕 The Book of Revelation uses the Koine Greek phrase ''xylon (tēs) zōës'', ''ξύλον (τῆς) ζωής'' four times. This phrase has been identified with the Genesis tree of life in the Ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament, which literally means "wood of (the) life".〔''See:'' , , , and .〕 == Genesis debate == According to the one-tree theory proposed by Karl Budde, in his critical research of 1883, he outlined that there was only one tree in the body of the Genesis narrative and it qualified in two ways: one as the tree in the middle of the Garden, and two as the forbidden tree. Claus Westermann gave recognition to Budde's theory in 1976. Ellen van Wolde noted in her 1994 survey that, typically to Bible scholars "the trees are almost always dealt with separately and not related to each other” and that “attention is almost exclusively directed to the tree of knowledge of good and evil, whereas the tree of life is paid hardly any attention." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tree of life (biblical)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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