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Robert W. Mead's avatar

Polemic can be so helpful in providing cultural and thus language context. My belief is that correct interpretation and translation depend on it. Due to the existence of massive amounts of biblical intertextuality the more ancient the history the more help it provides with translation. I've been studying the ancient Hebrew worldview in the creation story with the help of Hebrew and ANE cosmology. Polemic helped to dig deep into the intention of the biblical writers while staying true to the bible as the moral compass of even the earliest of human history. While wrong compared to modern astronomy the layering of their cosmology provides an amazing array of derivative ancient biblical supernatural domains and characters not permitted in modern secular and Christian paradigms. So many of these deep ancient creation concepts have proven to have been repurposed throughout the bible and even as NT theology.

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Sarah's avatar

Yes, there is more to the Tower of Babel than what first meets the eye. I have often wondered why people wanted to reach the heavens. Did they think they could reach the heavens if their tower was tall enough? The answer is yes. They knew what they were doing, and YHWH did not like it. Like you said, the Tower of Babel was intended to be used for idolatry.

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