Babel made language a central biblical axis of human separation

Evidence

The Bible thus places language and its evolution at the centre of the history of human origins and the antecedents of the patriarch of the chosen people. — James Renton, Ben Gidley (eds.), Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Europe, 632 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The biblical account centers language as a defining component of peoplehood — James Renton, Ben Gidley (eds.), Antisemitism and Islamophobia in…, 632; Sacred-language standardization builds cohesion across vast religious in-groups — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 903; Modern philology emerged by secularizing language from divine to human origins (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• The biblical account centers language as a defining component of peoplehood #corroborates (0.95) — James Renton, Ben Gidley (eds.), Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Europe, 632
• Scientific racism required moving humans out of biblical divine-child status #complicates (0.73)