April
27
/ 2022
The Tower of Babel is one of the most well-known stories in the Bible. Many proposals as to the historical or literary origins of this narrative have been made over the years. A remarkably good case could be put forward that historically it dates back to the final years of the First Dynasty of Uruk in ancient Sumer. According to the story in the Bible, told in the 11th chapter of the biblical Book of Genesis, many people came to settle on the southern plains of the “land of Shinar” directly after the deluge. Shinar is the name used in the Bible referring to the southern plains between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. The setting and background for this story
