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Babel

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Babel [Heb.,=confused], in the Bible, place where Noah's descendants (who spoke one language) tried to build a tower reaching up to heaven to make a name for themselves. For this presumption the speech of the builders was confused, thus ending the project. The story was perhaps originally an etiological tale explaining the diversity of languages and cultures, but, due to Israel's experience of the exile, now contains significant polemic against the presumption of Babylon, which is Babel in Hebrew. Author not available, BABEL. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more
Isaac Emmanuelovich Babel
Isaac Emmanuelovich Babel The Russian writer Isaac Emmanuelovich Babel (1894-1941) was a master of the short story. His compact...with great subtlety and intense moral passion. Isaac Babel was born on July 1, 1894, in Odessa to middle-class orthodox... Read more
Isaac Emmanuelovich Babel
, 1894-1940, Russian writer, b. Odessa. Babel was quick to embrace the Bolshevik revolution...drama with Sunset (1928) and Maria (1935). Babel was criticized by the Communist party during...Everything (1969). The Complete Works of Isaac Babel, edited by his daughter Nathalie, was published... Read more

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