Tower of Babel — • Information on the history, site, and construction of the tower Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Tower of Babel Tower of Babel … Catholic encyclopedia
Tower of Babel — noun singular a place or situation that is very confusing because there is too much information and no easy way to understand it … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Tower of Babel — The Tower of Babel ( he. מגדל בבל Migdal Bavel ar. برج بابل Burj Babil ) is a structure featured in chapter 11 of the Book of Genesis, an enormous tower intended as the crowning achievement of the city of Babilu, the Akkadian name for Babylon.… … Wikipedia
Tower of Babel — A famous Mesopotamian structure mentioned in the Bible, a description that modern scholars believe was based on memories of a ziggurat erected in Babylon during the rule of its Neo Babylonian dynasty. According to Genesis 11, all people… … Ancient Mesopotamia dictioary
Tower Of Babel (computer game) — Tower Of Babel is a computer game for the Amiga, Atari ST and Acorn Archimedes systems programmed by Pete Cooke, developed by Rainbird Software and released by Microprose Software in 1990. It is a puzzle game played on a three dimensional tower… … Wikipedia
Tower of Babel — Tower of Ba|bel, the a tower in a story in the Old Testament of the Bible. According to the story, everyone originally spoke the same language, but when the people of Babel tried to build a tower that would reach to Heaven, God prevented them by… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Tower of Babel (disambiguation) — The Tower of Babel in the Old Testament was a tower built by a united humanity to reach the heavens.Tower of Babel may also refer to:In gaming:* Tower of Babel (board game), board game by Reiner Knizia * Tower Of Babel (computer game), computer… … Wikipedia
Tower of Babel (M. C. Escher) — Artwork title=Tower of Babel artist=M. C. Escher year=1928 type=Woodcut height=62.1 width=38.6 Tower of Babel is a 1928 woodcut by M. C. Escher. It depicts the Babylonians attempting to build a tower to reach God, a story that is recounted in… … Wikipedia
Tower of Babel — noun a) A tower erected at Babel by the descendants of Noahs son Ham to reach the sky, and whose completion God thwarted by making the workers speak different languages so that they were unable to understand one another. b) A visionary and… … Wiktionary
Tower of Babel — noun (Genesis 11:1 11) a tower built by Noah s descendants (probably in Babylon) who intended it to reach up to heaven; God foiled them by confusing their language so they could no longer understand one another • Syn: ↑Babel • Topics: ↑Genesis,… … Useful english dictionary
Tower of Babel — Date: 1718 Babel 2 … New Collegiate Dictionary
