The Tower of Babel has a surprising parallel in Greek mythology—Otus and Ephialtes’ daring attempt to reach Olympus.
Parashat Noach (Genesis 11:1–9) arrives just as the world rides a crest of AI exuberance. The Torah’s brief, piercing tale of a people unified in purpose and language—who set out to “make a name” by ...
CHICAGO (JTA) — All writers strive for a good story. How far they will go to find it depends on their ambition, their wherewithal and their sanity. Isaac Babel, a Russian-Jewish writer who came from a ...
The stories of Noah and the Tower of Babel are juxtaposed as a curious diptych: first God destroys humanity; then he destroys a civilisation. God is disgusted with internecine violence, so provokes ...
In the third book of C.S. Lewis’s space trilogy, That Hideous Strength, the evil organization “N.I.C.E.” Is finally defeated when the spell of Babel is cast upon them and they can no longer ...
The Babel Bike puts seatbelts and a roll cage on two wheels. Would you be willing to strap yourself into one? Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When ...