017: The Tower of Babel with Mike Mason (Genesis 11:1-9)

Guest Mike Mason joins Dave Lester to discuss the epic but sparse account of the Tower of Babel. They talk about how surprisingly subversive the story is to, perhaps, Babylonian gods of the ancient near east in favor of the true God- Yahweh. Special guests Josh Tyra and Munir William Fahmy read the Genesis 11:1-9 passage in various languages. Sources used for this episode: *The NIV Application Commentary: Genesis by Dr. John Walton *Word Biblical Commentary: Genesis 1-15 by Gordon J. Wenham *The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament by John H. Walton, Victor H Matthews & Mark W. Chavalas *The Book of Genesis: Chapters 1-17 by Victor P. Hamilton *Come Out My People: God's Call Out of Empire in the Bible and Beyond by Wes Howard-Brook *"The Gospel and Babel: A Christocentric Reading of Genesis 11:1-9" by David Hionides *The Double Etymology of Babel in Genesis 11 by Jonathan Grossman *The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language by John McWhorter Opening Music: Struttin With Some Barbeque by Louis Armstrong