As it is written in the story of the Tower of Babel: “And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make ourselves a name, lest we be ...

At first glance, very little connects the Flood to the Tower of Babel. However, when we look closer, we see the importance of language, speech and communication. Dr. Carol Ochs suggests in The Torah: ...

Tower of Babel (Babylon), a famous painting by Pieter Brueghel the Elder created in 1563. (photo: Jorisvo / Shutterstock) Matt D’Antuono Blogs March 23, 2023.

That is why it was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the speech of all the world” (Gn 11:8-9). In today’s first reading, we hear the story of the Tower of Babel.

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This is right before the story of the tower of Babel. It has been argued, however, that Genesis Chapters 10 and 11 are chronological, and that differentiation of language was already cited several ...

The Tower of Babel has provoked a lot of thought in me. On the one hand, it represents globalization, as if everyone has a shared dream. But today that dream seems to have collapsed or, rather ...