i am doing a rreport on The Tower Of Babel does anyone know a good website that klike gives like what it was made of and what shape it was stuff like that and i also need like the story I know its in Gen.11......any ideas??
2006-12-28 05:51:52 · 7 answers · asked by third_day_rockz 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
In the post-Flood era Nimrod is described as a prominent builder of several cities. (Ge 10:8-12) Another major building project was now put forward, the Tower of Babel, disapproved by God. Here, new materials are mentioned, kiln-baked bricks with bitumen serving as mortar. The tower was intended to be the highest structure up till that time. Ge 11:3, 4.
According to the Bible, the Tower of Babel was a mighty construction work. (Gen. 11:1-9) Interestingly, archaeologists have uncovered in and around the ruins of ancient Babylon the sites of several ziggurats, or pyramidlike, staged temple-towers, including the ruined temple of Etemenanki, which was within Babylon’s walls. Ancient records concerning such temples often contain the words, “Its top shall reach the heavens.” King Nebuchadnezzar is reported to have said, “I raised the summit of the Tower of stages at Etemenanki so that its top rivalled the heavens.” One fragment relates the fall of such a ziggurat in these words: “The building of this temple offended the gods. In a night they threw down what had been built. They scattered them abroad, and made strange their speech.
2006-12-28 07:20:33 · answer #1 · answered by BJ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The "tower of babel" was most likely a "ziggurat" which the ancient Mesopotamians built throughout the region between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers. Try researching a Biblical Archeology website or a website like www.christiananswers.net for articles and pictures. As Christians, we need not check our brains at the door when it comes to learning more about the true events in God's Word. There is much archaeological evidence which supports the truth of the events in Genesis and proves the Bible's accuracy so enjoy your search. Happy reporting and God bless!
2006-12-28 07:12:29 · answer #2 · answered by Blessed 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything you get outside of the Book of Genesis will be speculation.
The most common building material for a tower would have been stone, but outside of that. nothing concrete can be proved... people just don't know.
Add to that the question of whether the story is historical or alegorical, and you've got even more uncertainty.
Sorry, but there simply aren't more facts than that available.
2006-12-28 05:55:00 · answer #3 · answered by Deirdre H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well we are not told in scripture about the size, and babylon which was to follow according to a lot of scollars used the very bricks to build that wall so the only source still remains the Bible but babe, babble, comes from the same word and that is the place it came from for your paper, when God came down He confused the languages then, they could not understand each other that is where that name comes from but you can learn about many other bible subjects with a free on line bible course www.itiswritten.com God bless bible questions www.bibleinfo.com email me also wgr88@yahoo.com
2006-12-28 05:57:57 · answer #4 · answered by wgr88 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's some good info at the link below:
2006-12-28 06:04:51 · answer #5 · answered by watcherd 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i always go to wikipedia fo a first step to research something. you'll find some links at the bottom of every article.
2006-12-28 05:54:09 · answer #6 · answered by cherrryberry 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called research, and you shouldn't be looking for others to do your work for you.
2006-12-28 05:55:35 · answer #7 · answered by Kallan 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋