Josh on Nostr: The writers of Genesis 11 seem to have intended for us to view the land of Shinar ...
The writers of Genesis 11 seem to have intended for us to view the land of Shinar like Mordor.
The Tower of Babel was built with kiln-fired bricks and mortared with bitumen, which bubbled up from the ground like tar.
The scene is of soot, tar, and flames.
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