Från Eden to Babel

The first eleven chapters of the Book of Genesis are often grouped together to form one discrete textual unit. The stories that make up this cycle - Creation, Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, Cain's sacri ce, Noah's ark and the flood, and the Tower of Babel - are among the most enduring stories recounted in the history of Western culture and form the basis of its common heritage, transcending religious, national and geographical boundaries. In the vein of luminaries such as Franz Ka