There’s also the suggestion that, since the Mesopotamians continues speaking Sumerian (until conquered by Akkad and Sumerian became the Mesopotamian Latin) and they carried on building Ziggurats until Assyria, wouldn’t that, rather than Babel, explain any resemblances without proving the Babel event? Sumer is most likely the land of Shinar in Gen 10:10, which is …
Some more ziggurat-like structures found around the world: Prasat Thom of Koh Ker temple in Cambodia: “Under the reign of the kings Jayavarman IV and Harshavarman II Koh Ker was briefly the capital of the whole empire (928–944 AD). Unparalleled is the 36-metre (118 ft)-high seven‑tiered pyramid, which most probably served as state temple[4]: 103 of …
You may not be concerned about putting the theory into the generally – accepted ancient Chronology, but I was and it does show that the predynastic Egyptian culture undermines the Babel -theory for how various languages originated. As for generally accepted theories and dates for origins of written languages, there is none. As I’ve mentioned, …
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No one yet has excavated any ruins of the tower of Babel, so we don’t have any physical evidence of what it looked like. But, pretty much consensus view is that it was a tall ziggurat. “The biblical account of the Tower of Babel has been associated by modern scholars to the massive construction undertakings …
I believe it’s also correct that Egyptian, Sumerian, Chinese and perhaps Harrappan were known to exist before the time Babel was supposed to happen and certainly Babylon (with the Tower of Bab-el -Marduk) was built far later when many nations with different languages existed. As for the oldest languages in the world based on the …
TRANSPONDER wrote: ↑Fri Nov 05, 2021 1:35 pm Even without Chronicles, I’d be inclined to credit the Assyrian account because you can see Sennacherib face -saving what was Terms when normally he’d stamp the place flat for rebelling. But then someone drew my attention to Chronicles and I realised that was a different Biblical account …
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TRANSPONDER wrote: ↑Fri Nov 05, 2021 6:47 am But the Bible has an additional claim that God smote the Assyrians and that was why they marched away, and with no mention of tribute. I wouldn’t necessarily call it “spin” just because the tribute was not mentioned in Isaiah. It’s not like every single account of …
TRANSPONDER wrote: ↑Thu Nov 04, 2021 11:03 am This is as good evidence of a Biblical event confirmed by an extra – Biblical source as you could wish. The Bible and the Assyrian records agree that Sennacherib attacked the coalition, smashed Babylon, clobbered Egypt and demolished Lascheish (or Laschish) after a siege and then …well …
TRANSPONDER wrote: ↑Wed Nov 03, 2021 4:07 am Of course there’s spin on both sides of the account of the Assyrian siege. But The Bible actually agrees with the Assyrian version. Sennacherib besieged Jerusalem and Hezekiah was able to do a deal with the Assyrians and pay tribute, which was a bit of a face …
Recreation of the Khirbet el-Maqatir fortress https://biblearchaeology.org/current-ev … us-ephraim After the destruction of Jericho, the next city they attacked was Ai. Josh 7:2-5 (NIV) 2 Now Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth Aven to the east of Bethel, and told them, “Go up and spy out the region.” So the …