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   On Thu, 06 Jul 2006 09:07:25 +0200, thomas p   
    wrote:   
      
   >On Wed, 05 Jul 2006 11:00:09 GMT, Blak  wrote:   
   >   
   >snip   
   >>make a celebrated name for themselves. However, Jehovah thwarts their   
   >>intention by confusing their language, and so scatters them. The city is   
   >>called Babel (meaning “Confusion”)   
   >   
   >The city was called Bab-ilu meaning "gate of God".  Just additional   
   >evidence that the authors were writing fiction.   
      
   I shouldn't try taking it so literally. Mythology can be quite   
   amusing, and often very symbolic.   
      
   Matt   
      
      
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