The ORIGINS of The Tower of Babel Story Will Blow Your Mind

The ORIGINS of The Tower of Babel Story Will Blow Your Mind Welcome to a scholarly exploration of the biblical account of the Tower of Babel, informed by the profound works of Russell Gmirkin. In this video, we delve into Gmirkin’s paradigm-shifting hypothesis that links the biblical narrative to the Poem of Erra from Mesopotamia, which represents one of the most revered narratives in ancient literature. Gmirkin argues compellingly that the Tower of Babel story was likely influenced heavily by the Poem of Erra, with the chief deity, Bel Marduk, playing a pivotal role in the construction of Babylon. Gmirkin posits not just a thematic resemblance, but a literary and cultural dependence of the biblical authors on this Mesopotamian source, thus transcending traditional interpretations. We further investigate Gmirkin’s claim that knowledge of the Poem of Erra and the related narratives would likely have been accessible to the authors of Genesis only through the work of the Hellenistic