You raise a lot of interesting questions regarding the interpretation of the scriptures...As a theologian myself I honestly don't know where to start from because scriptures are often contradictory about matters like 'Life before Eden' or details of the forbidden fruit...Probably because the allegory of the story does not really explain in depth all those details...The only 'sure' thing I guess, according to what's written, is that Adam and Eve were immortals before their major sin, and they were about to die at some point after falling from Eden. I follow these series because I'm very interested in 'Adam's side' - since, as I mentioned before, I research on Lilith, his 'first wife'. Are you going to answer to any of those questions @gavvet? I'll be amazed to see!!! :D