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1、STUDIESINBIBLICALARCHAEOLOGYNO.2THETOWEROFBABELANDRÉPARROTCurator-in-ChiefoftheFrenchNationalMuseums,ProfessorattheEcoleduLouver,Paris,DirectoroftheMariArchaeologicalExpeditionSGMPRESSLTD56BLOOMSBURYSTREETLONDON'TheTowerofBabel'byBrueghel(ViennaMuseum)CONTENTSTheTowerofB
2、abel9I.LiteraryandEpigraphicalEvidence13II.ArchaeologicalEvidence26III.TheTowerofBabelinArt52IV.TheTowerofBabelandTheology57Bibliography71Index73[41]TranslatedbyEdwinHudsonfromtheFrenchLATOURDEBABEL(DelachauxetNiestlé,Neuehâtel,SecondeditionFirstEnglisheditionPrintedinGr
3、eatBritainbyTheCamelotPressLtd.,LondonandSouthamptonLISTOFILLUSTRATIONS'TheTowerofBabel'byBrueghel(ViennaMuseum)FrontispieceFacingpage1.(a)2j,gguratofUr.Thetriplestaircase32(b)%igguratofUr.Southface(photographsbytheauthor)322.'TheTowerofBabel'byBrueghel(VanBeuningenColle
4、ction)483.'TheTowerofBabel'byMatthieuMerian(1593—IC50).Etching64FIGURESI.Representationsofzigguratsfoundonmonuments:(a)Cylinder;(b)Seal;(c)Kudurru27II.RepresentationofazigguratonanAssyrianbas-relieffoundatNineveh(seventhcenturyB.C.)29III.SitesofMesopotamia!!ziggurats31IV
5、.Uruk:Templeonahighterrace.Theso-called'^igguratofAnu'(fourthmillenniumB.C.)33[41]THETOWEROFBABELIn1949Ipublishedabookentitled^'igguratsetTourdeBabel,1whichwasthefruitoftwentyyearsofresearchinthesoilofMesopotamia,whitherithasbeenmylotoftentoreturn,pickinhand.Duringthatti
6、meIhadgivenmuchthoughttohowthefindingsofarchaeologycomparedwiththewordsoftheBible,andIfeltthatthetimehadcometopauseandtakestockoncemore.IhadlongbeenoftheopinionthatbehindthenarrativeofChapteriiofGenesistherelayhiddensomethingquitedifferentfromwhathadalwaysbeenassertedbyt
7、raditionaltheology.IhadcometotheconclusionthattheToweroftheScriptureswasnotanex-pressionofman'spride.InsteadofaclenchedfistraisedindefiancetowardsHeaven,Isawitratherasahandstretchedoutinsupplication,acrytoHeavenforhelp.Thiswasaboldandunorthodoxthesis,butIfeltthatIcouldno
8、tandmustnotrunawayfrommygrowingconvictionthatitwastherightviewtotake.Idefendedmyinterpretationinthecour
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