Kircher: Turris Babel (1679) (1679) - Page 18

OF THE CHAPTERS OF THE WORK.

Preface to the Reader. Page 3

BOOK I.

Concerning the events carried out in the space of one hundred and thirty years after the Flood. 4

CHAPTER I.

Concerning the departure of Noah and his sons from the ark. same page.

II. In what matters Noah and his sons, with their wives, occupied themselves while in the mountains. same page.

III. Concerning the descent of Noah with his numerous family, completed from the mountain into the sub-mountainous plains of the region. 6
The exhortation of Noah to his three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who were already established as leaders of peoples. same page.

IV. Concerning the multiplication of the human race from the Flood until the building of the Tower. 8

V. Concerning the first migration of the sons of Noah from Mount Ararat into the flatter fields of the sub-mountainous region. 10

§. 1. Concerning the language, or idiom, which they used immediately after the flood. same page.

§. 2. Concerning the life of the primeval mortals spent for many years in the sub-mountainous region of Mount Ararat. 11

VI. Concerning the time of the migration from the East into the land of Shinar original: "Sennaar" carried out from the Flood until the 132nd year, which is the birth of Peleg original: "Phaleg". 14

EPILOGUE.
From which the series of generations of the sons of Noah can be gathered. same page.

VII. A description of the land of Shinar which the newcomers from the East found flowing with delights. 17

VIII. At what time Nimrod original: "Nembrod", the architect of the Tower, was born and how many years he lived. 19

IX. Concerning the mystical sense which is contained beneath the Mosaic history of the Tower. 20

BOOK II.


PREFACE. 25	SECTION II. Concerning the amazing and prodigious wonders of both cities and towers and gardens, built by Ninus and by the sons of Cush original: "Chusi" and Semiramis after the death of Nimrod. 42
SECTION I. Concerning the construction of the Tower. 26
CHAP. I. Concerning the occupation and studies of the primeval men after their entry into the land of Shinar. same page.	CHAP. I. Concerning Ninus and his achievements. same page.
II. Whether Noah was present at the building of the Tower; together with the exhortation of Nimrod to the offspring of Ham, to begin the undertaking of the conceived work. 28	II. Concerning the building of the great city of Nineveh and its vastness. 45
The exhortation of Nimrod to the leaders of his offspring, delivered for the purpose of beginning the Tower and the city. 29	III. Concerning the tower in the Babylonian city built by Ninus and Semiramis, nearly one hundred years after the destruction of the Tower of Nimrod. 51
III. Diverse opinions concerning the height of the Tower. 32	IV. Concerning the city of almost incredible magnificence which Semiramis built in Babylon. 52
DEMONSTRATION	V. Concerning the bridge and the two royal palaces built by Semiramis in opposite parts of the city. 55
Concerning the adynamia original Greek: "ἀδυναμίᾳ", meaning powerlessness or impossibility or impossibility of raising the Tower to the Heaven of the Moon. 36	VI. Concerning the hanging gardens, built by Semiramis in the Babylonian field, which were also numbered among the wonders of the world. 58
COROLLARIES.
IV. Concerning the form and architecture of the Tower of Nimrod. 40