Re: HELP: Translating the Babel Text

Rodlox wraat:

>   setting the theological parts aside, God couldn't destroy a house made
of
> stones or wood?
Sorry, Rodlox, the answer to your question lies in the field of theology,
not in semantics or broader linguistics. If you want a plain "yes or no"
answer, then Yes, He could. But their desire to use bricks illustrated their
proud.

> > For that purpose we need to know the essence of the story, what is
> relevant
> > and what is irrelevant. In this particular case bricks, being man-made,
> are
> > essential for the meaning, as opposed to stones, given by G-d as they
are.
>
>  um, that might be true, but stones can be shaped just as well as bricks
can
> be (since mud was given by God, too).
Bingo! That is why stones for this purpose should NOT be shaped. I could
have given references, but again, it's theology, and here we try to follow
the principle "No cross no crown", that is "Avoid discussion religion and
politics".

> > Otherwise you can have smth like "In older days there were news, and the
> > news were together with Humpbacked Spirit..."
>
>  Quasimodo!
Hehe! LOL! I could have given even more examples, but I should not...

-- Isaac