5/28/2023 0 Comments When was the tower of babel![]() ![]() It’s only in later sources like the second century B.C. As a bonus we also learn the origins of the name of the city of Babylon as the name Babel, or Babylon, sounds a great deal like the Hebrew word for “confused.” Despite what you may have seen in artistic depictions of the story, the Book of Genesis never mentions the destruction of the Tower of Babel, only the dispersion of the people. God was simply putting them in their place. If you were wondering why it is that people aren’t united and don’t speak the same language then here is your answer: When people were united they ruined the skyline, tried to trespass on divine property, and became obsessed with fame. As a result, he “confuse their language” so that they didn’t understand each other and scattered them over the Earth.Īlmost every scholar of the Hebrew Bible sees the story as a myth that answers a question about the human condition. Rather than destroying the construction like a game of celestial Jenga, God identified human collaboration and unity as the real problem. God, however, who observed this architecturally audacious endeavor, was unimpressed. ![]() Their goal was to make a name for themselves. They started with a city built in Shinar (or Babylon) and constructed the city using baked bricks and tar for mortar. According to statements made by Tom Meyer, a professor of Bible Studies at Shasta Bible College, there is archeological evidence to suggest that it actually existed and became a tourist destination in the ancient world.Īccording to Genesis 11, the postdiluvian inhabitants of the world decided to try and climb up to heaven by building an ancient tower or, you might say, skyscraper. Last weekend British tabloid The Daily Express ran a story announcing the sensational discovery that the Tower of Babel actually existed. ![]()
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