Did Our Languages Come From the "Tower of Babel"?

 "Jehovah scattered them from there over all the surface of the earth, and they gradually left off building the city.  That is why its name is called Babel, because there Jehovah had confused the language of all the earth. - GENESIS 11:8, 9. 

DID that event recorded in the Bible really happen? Did people start speaking different languages all at once, as described?  Some scoff at the Bible's account of how human languages began and spread.  On author claims:  "The Tower of Babel mythin is definitely one of the most obsured stories ever told." Even a Jewish rabbi called it "a naive attempt to explain the origin of nations."

 Why do people reject the Babel account?  Simply put, it contradicts certain theories regarding the origin of language.  For example,  some scholars suggest that language groups dd not appear suddenly but evolved gradually from one "mother tongue."  Others believe that several original languages develop0ed independently, advancing from  simply grunts  to complex speech.  These and other conflictying theories have caused man to agree with Professor W.T. Fitch, who wrote  in his book, the Evolution of Language: "We do not yet have fully convincing anwers."  

What have Archeologists and researchers uncovered regarding the origin  and development of human languages?  Do their dicoveries confirm any of the proposed theories?  Or do the finding support the Babel acccount?  First let us take a closer look at that Bible account. 

Next time: Did Our Languages Come From the "Tower of Babel"? - WHERE AND WHEN DID IT HAPPEN?

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