The Mesopotamian Background of the Tower of Babel Account and Its Implications
This paper investigates the history of ziggurats and brick making as well as the settlement patterns and development of urbanization in southern Mesopotamia. Gen 11:1–9 is interpreted in light of this information, and the conclusion reached is that the tower, as a ziggurat, embodied the concepts of...
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Eisenbrauns
1995
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Bulletin for biblical research
Year: 1995, Volume: 5, Pages: 155-175 |
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