2006-10-11 10:15:33 · 11 answers · asked by marishabonar 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Babel Tower
According to the narrative in Genesis Chapter 11 of the Bible, the Tower of Babel was a tower built by a united humanity to reach the heavens.
Both the writer of Genesis and Berosus place the Tower of Babel somewhere in Babylon.
Babel Tower is a multi-storeyed ziggurat. The tower was most likely used as a place of worship.
2006-10-11 10:18:21 · answer #1 · answered by guitar_f1ngers 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
According to the narrative in Genesis Chapter 11 of the Bible, the Tower of Babel was a tower built by a united humanity to reach the heavens. Because the hearts of men were said to be inherently evil and disobedient, they were striving to make a name for themselves instead of worshipping the God who created them. Because of this open defiance, God stopped their efforts by confusing languages so that no one could understand each other. As a result, they could no longer communicate and the work was halted. The builders were then scattered to different parts of Earth. This story is used to explain the existence of many different languages and races.
2006-10-11 17:24:50 · answer #2 · answered by seancreole 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was built as a tower and was meant to reach to the sky so that the king would be as powerful as God. This is the point that he confused the languages (ie Babel) and the tower was never completed.
2006-10-11 17:52:26 · answer #3 · answered by helen p 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Tower of Babel is usually thought to refer to the great ziggurat of Babylon, which is part of the temple complex devoted to Marduk, the city's patron god.
2006-10-11 17:49:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Following on from other answers the tower was the result of over self importance by man so God struck mankind with Babble forever more (or speaking in different tongues) for their arrogance.
2006-10-11 17:25:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tower
2006-10-11 17:17:07 · answer #6 · answered by Diane (PFLAG) 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
do you mean the tower of Babel??
2006-10-11 17:18:00 · answer #7 · answered by Jane S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was human structure
2006-10-11 17:29:23 · answer #8 · answered by aahamed24 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cartier95 is obviously and egghead.
copy and pasted all that info off the internet. blatantly does not know.
what a waste of time, effort and energy!
2006-10-12 05:47:57 · answer #9 · answered by buttersduck 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a Ziggurat
2006-10-11 17:17:48 · answer #10 · answered by martino 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋