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Brick and Stone significance - A warning against collectivism and central planning
The Tower of Babel is mentioned in a number of other [[Apocrypha]]l and [[Pseudepigrapha|Pseudepigraphical]] texts, notably the [[Ethiopia]]n [[Book of Jubilees]], and also in [[Rabbinic literature]]. A similar tale appears in the [[Koran]], and a number of other cultures have similar stories.<ref name="christiananswers">http://www.christiananswers.net/q-abr/confusionoflanguages.html</ref>
The Tower of Babel is mentioned in a number of other [[Apocrypha]]l and [[Pseudepigrapha|Pseudepigraphical]] texts, notably the [[Ethiopia]]n [[Book of Jubilees]], and also in [[Rabbinic literature]]. A similar tale appears in the [[Koran]], and a number of other cultures have similar stories.<ref name="christiananswers">http://www.christiananswers.net/q-abr/confusionoflanguages.html</ref>
== Brick and Stone significance ==
Several authors have interpreted the repeated use of brick and stone as a metaphor for the evils of socialism<ref>[https://tammybruce.com/2007/03/europe_versus_god.html Europe Versus God]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=BkX2BgAAQBAJ&pg=PT62 Was Jesus a Socialist or a Capitalist?]</ref><ref>[https://rabbidaniellapin.com/is-the-word-bricks-a-code-word-in-the-bible/ Is the word ‘bricks’ a code word in the Bible?]</ref> and thus, the story of the Tower of Babel also serves as a warning against collectivism. In centralized planned economies, everybody is to be treated exactly the same, which makes everybody into bricks instead of being unique stones and having an individual place in God's plan.
Rabbi Daniel Lapin argues that Nimrod was the first socialist and attempted to set up the first socialist utopia.<ref>[http://acahnman.blogspot.com/2012/12/rabbi-daniel-lapin-moral-goodness-of.html Rabbi Daniel Lapin: The Moral Goodness of Free Enterprise]</ref>
== Linguistic evidence ==
== Linguistic evidence ==