Tower of Babel

[eddy]

I never was taught this was was an actual event. Jasons comment in another thread suggested he was

When would this event have taken place?

 

[jasoncran]

I never was taught this was was an actual event. Jasons comment in another thread suggested he was

When would this event have taken place?

archeology and kinda verifies this event.

about 4k years ago.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_first_written_accounts

sumeria did include the city state of babylon where by tradition babel is located.

 

[eddy]

archeology and kinda verifies this event.

about 4k years ago.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_first_written_accounts

sumeria did include the city state of babylon where by tradition babel is located.

The flood was supposed to be 4000 years ago. How could there be a powerful civilization building a tower if everyone was dead?

 

[jasoncran]

The flood was supposed to be 4000 years ago. How could there be a powerful civilization building a tower if everyone was dead?

approximately. 8 persons survived they multiplied.

i will have too look at the creationists sites. or post this on the other forum.

 

[Gazelle]

This structure was situated in the southern portion of the city, not far from the right bank of the Euphrates, and according to Weissbach, is now represented by a depression within which is the original rectangular core of unbaked brick. From its shape, the Arabs have made this site Sahan, "the dish." These remains of the great temple-tower of Babylon, within the memory of men not so very old, towered, even in its ruined state, high above the surrounding plain. The burnt bricks of the ancient Babylonians, however, who "had brick for stone, and slime (bitumen) for mortar" (Gen 11:3), are still good and have a commercial value, so they were all cleared out, with whatever precious material in the way of antiquities they may have contained, to repair, it is said, the banks of the Hindiyeh Canal. Certain records in the shape of conical "cylinders," however, came into the market, and were acquired by the museums of Europe and America. As these refer to the restoration of the building by Nabopolassar, and the part taken by his sons Nebuchadrezzar and Nabu-sum-lisir in the ceremonies attending the rebuilding, it is very probable that they formed part of the spoils acquired.

http://www.bible-history.com/isbe/B/BABEL,+TOWER+OF/

According to the Amazing Biblical Timeline with World History this occurred around 2200 BC
Some scholars believe that the destruction of the Tower of Babel marks the time in history when God divided the earth into separate continents which was during the time of Peleg.

http://agards-bible-timeline.com/blog/tower-of-babel/


I believe that this account was real and not figurative (though we can draw applications to our lives from the story as well.)

It's an interesting study, as I'm sure you'll find.