Replies

Great ping...thanks!

Are they now trying to prove that the Tower of Babel did exist? That everyone really did,at one time,speak the same language? Hmmmmmmmmm...

9 posted on 07/21/2004 11:52:47 PM PDT by nopardons

Nope, and I'd never dream of trying. The Tower of Babel tale was inserted, probably during the Babylonian Exile, or during the long period thereafter when a large Jewish community thrived under Persian rule. Some see it as allegorical or metaphorical, I see it as a little of that, with a big dose of "explain why there are all these different languages." Turkish (an agglutinative tongue) is most closely related to Korean (also agglutinative) but neither of them is related to Sumerian (an agglutinative tongue with no living or dead relatives).

Please FREEPMAIL me if you want on or off the "Gods, Graves, Glyphs" PING list --
Archaeology/Anthropology/Ancient Cultures/Artifacts/Antiquities, etc.

10 posted on 07/22/2004 12:03:38 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Unlike some people, I have a profile. Okay, maybe it's a little large...)

But they only had three words in their vocabulary. Texas A&M builds one of these every year. Babel can also mean Moron.

18 posted on 07/22/2004 4:53:59 AM PDT by U S Army EOD (John Kerry, the mother of all flip floppers.)

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794