Introduction

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Abstract

This archetypal depiction of the divine, Pentecostal solution to the challenge posed by linguistic diversity to the spread of Christianity lies at the heart of this volume. How was the curse placed on the citizens of monolingual Babel, who had the temerity to attempt to build a tower that reached heaven (Gen. 11: 1–9), so that God made their speech mutually incomprehensible and scattered them to the winds, to be exorcised, or at least best coped with?
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationTranslating Christianity
EditorsSimon Ditchfield, Charlotte Methuen, Andrew Spicer
Place of PublicationCambridge
PublisherCambridge University Press
Chapter1st
Pages1-14
Number of pages14
Volume53
ISBN (Print)9781108419246
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 26 May 2017

Publication series

NameStudies in Church History
PublisherCambridge University Press
Number53
ISSN (Print)0424-2084
ISSN (Electronic)2059-0644

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