Order of the Garden of Eden

The eschatological work called the Order of the Garden of Eden (Seder gan ‘eden) depicts paradise, called the garden of Eden, and its various divisions. It quotes R. Joshua ben Levi, a talmudic sage from the third century, who was rumored to have visited paradise and reported his findings in several legendary rabbinic tales. Versions of the Order of the Garden of Eden may date as early as the ninth century, but the one here, perhaps written in northern France, is thought to have been composed in the twelfth century.