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Tower of Babel

The biblical story of the Tower of Babel is an origin myth and parable recorded in Genesis 11 (chapter 11 of the Book of Genesis) meant to explain the existence of different languages and cultures.

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Location
Eridu, Babylon or Nineveh
Height
See § Height
Type
Tower

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related to In popular culture · 77
Tower of Babel → Adam Darius, Algeria, American, Anton Rubinstein, Apocalypse, Arabian Nights, Argentinian, Atlanteans, Bab-El-Oued, Babel, Babel Fish, Babel Tower, Babylon, Beginning, Bible Ki Kahaniyan, Blue Water, Both, Brueghel's, Byatt's, Chants
related to Further reading · 65
Tower of Babel → Alva, American Oriental Society, Ancient History, Anthony John, Antiquities, Archibald Henry, Babel, Babel's Present, Bancroft, Basel, Baynes, Cambridge University Press, Catholic Encyclopedia, Charles, Charles Scribner's Sons, Der Turmbau, Diego Duran, Don Ferdinand, Dugdale, Encyclopædia Britannica
related to Enumeration of scattered languages · 59
Tower of Babel → Abraham, Alexandria, Augustine's The City, Babel, Bakri, Because, Bible, Book, Cainan, Cave, CE, Christian, Chronicles, Clement, Elisa, Epiphanius, Etymologiae, Franks, Genesis, God
related to Etemenanki · 29
Tower of Babel → According, Alexander, Antiochus Soter, Babel, Babylon, Babylonian, Babylonian Bab-ilu, BC, BCE Neo-Babylonian, Etemenanki, Genesis, God, Great's, Greek, Harris, He, Hebrew, Herodotus, Histories, Isaac Asimov
related to External links · 29
Tower of Babel → Anatomy, Ancient Literature, Archived, Azure, Babel, Babel In Biblia, BaruchHERBARIUM Art Project, Birth, Daniel, Easton, Easton's Bible Dictionary, Encyclopedia, February, Gordis, James, Jim, Nationhood, Nave, Nave Topical Bible, Nelson
related to Islamic tradition · 29
Tower of Babel → Abraham, Abu, Although, Anbiya, Another Muslim, Babel, Babil, Eber, Fida, God, Hebrew, History, However, In, In Islamic, Islam, Islamic, Kings, Lisān, Muslim
related to Mesopotamian analogues · 27
Tower of Babel → Akkad, Aratta, Ashurbanipal, Ashurbanipal's, Babel, BCE, During, Enki, Enlil, Enmerkar, Eridu, Eridu Genesis, Hamazi, In, Kramer's, Lord, Martu, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh, Shubur
related to Book of Mormon · 26
Tower of Babel → Although, Americas, Aratta, Babel, BC Sumerian, Because, Book, Church, Despite, Enmerkar, Ether, Flood, From, God, In, Innana, Jared, Jesus Christ, Latter-day Saints, LDS Church
related to Mexico · 24
Tower of Babel → Alva Cortés Ixtlilxóchitl, An, Another, Aztec Empire, Babel, Cholula, Diego Durán, Earth, Fernando, Frazer, God, Great Pyramid, He, Heavens, However, James Frazer, Latin America, Not, Sun, The
related to Authorship · 23
Tower of Babel → Babel, Christian, English, Genesis, Hebrew, Hellenistic, Jahwist/Yahwist, Jewish, John Van Seters, Kings, Many, Michael Coogan, Modern, Mosaic, Moses, Other, Pentateuch, Pre-Yahwistic, Richard Elliot Friedman, Scholars

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Tower of Babelrelated to AuthorshipPentateuch0.60section
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Tower of Babelrelated to AuthorshipBabel0.60section
Tower of Babelrelated to AuthorshipMoses0.60section
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