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Book Sixteen — the tower of Babel and the division of tongues

THIRD DISPUTATION. Of how great a size those men willed to construct the building, or even did construct it

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THIRD DISPUTATION. Of how great a size those men willed to construct the building, or even did construct it.1

TERTIA DISPUTATIO. Quantae magnitudinis aedificium homines illi extruere voluerint, aut etiam extruxerint.

Translator’s notes

  1. Liber XVI, Disputation 3 (title): the intended (or actual) size of the Babel building. ↩

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Benito Pererius, S.J., “THIRD DISPUTATION. Of how great a size those men willed to construct the building, or even did construct it,” in Commentaries and Disputations on Genesis, Volume II, English translation, Mind of the Church, https://mindofthechurch.com/works/perera-genesis-2/186-third-disputation-of-how-great-a-size/.

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