The "Tower of Babel" as Clue to the Redactional Structuring of the Primeval History [Gen 1-11:9]
Sasson, Jack M.
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1980
Abstract
"In this paper...we will discuss the relationship of this episode" (the Tower of Babel) "to the one immediately preceding it, 'the Table of
Nations'; we shall assess its position in the complex of tales which make up
the so-called Primeval History (Gn 1-11 :9); lastly, we will gauge the import of
these two queries for our understanding of the modus operandi of the Genesis
Redactor/Compiler."