2. Language . The Tower Of Babel Is Symbolic Of The...

2. Language The Tower of Babel is symbolic of the fundamental differences between humans and gods. Humans are not meant to be completely self-sufficient as God is, they should look upon God for guidance in their life. This message was ignored in the construction of the tower in which the two main motivations were to gain fame and to build a city to preserve unity (Interpreter’s Concise Commentary, 17). Humans should never have the arrogance to try to become gods on earth through fame. Further, one should only preserve unity if that is God’s plan. Even this looming, powerful structure pales in comparison to the greatness that God can accomplish, i.e. Humans can never reach the awesomeness and power of God. 3. Author Genesis is composed†¦show more content†¦4. Intended Audience The intended audience for this pericope is clearly Jews during the Babylonian exile of 587 B.C.-538 B.C. This is seen in the setting of the story, the apocalyptic genre of the excerpt, and the detailed explanation of the building of the tower. This story is set in the land of Shinar (Genesis 11:2). Shinar is described as meaning Babylonia, the ancient state resting in the Tigris-Euphrates river basin. Further, within the state of Babylonia, was the northern city of Babylon. The setting of Babylon for this ancient tradition indicates a 6th century, exiled Jewish audience as it establishes a basis for an apocalyptic message about their exile. The detailed description of the brick making process and bitumen (Genesis 11:3) also indicates a Jewish audience. A Jewish audience would have been familiar with sun-dried bricks, with no archeological evidence of kiln-fired bricks at this time in Palestine (Walton, 163). Mesopotamia however used expensive bitumen almost exclusively with kiln-fired bricks (Walton, 163). Further these expensive building materials would have only been used for places, temples and other official buildings within a city (Walton, 163). The authors need to describe this practice indicates an audience new to this land and practice. Further, it’s important to note that the author didn’t feel the need to describe the actualShow MoreRelatedSummary of the Development of Anthropological Theory from the XIX century to the Present XXI century2646 Words   |  11 Pageswidely popular theory spanning from the Renaissance to the early nineteenth century. Degeneratism is â€Å"a biblical based explanation of cultural diversity†¦ [where] prior to the destruction of the Tower of Babel, all people belonged to God. When God destroyed the Tower, [it] created some differences in language and dispersed people, some degenerated, losing their civilization and event ually [some] became savages† (McGee, Warms, 2012). 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