Nimrod – nawiązanie do gigantów? Próba identyfikacji

Abstract

The biblical description of Nimrod is rather short. The Bible doesn’t directly say Nimrod built the tower of Babel. But certainly the inference that he did is clear. Babel was the “beginning” of Nimrod’s kingdom. Genesis 11 shows that it was here at Babel, during the first years of this city, that the great tower was built with the intention of reaching heaven. This effort would have been led by Nimrod himself. Only after God confounded the language of the builders did the people scatter across the Earth. This explains why Babel was only the beginning of his kingdom, and why he needed to later build further cities to accommodate and keep together the scattering peoples. Attempts to match Nimrod with historically attested figures have failed. Nimrod may not represent any one personage known to history. The identification of biblical Nimrod with a historical personage has proven to be a challenge. Proof of the difficulty of this task is found in the healthy number of candidates who have been presented as options. From ancient times, fantastical renditions of Nimrod’s deeds have fascinated many generations of readers of the Bible, some of which go beyond what the text strictly has to say about him, thanks in part to the doubt as to when and how he lived. Researches done in this article allows to statement that Sargon is the best candidate for historical Nimrod. It seems more important to point to Nimrod’s rebellious nature. It is about a man which represents, of a system that is epitomized in rebellion against the Creator, the one true God. Rebellion began soon after the Flood as civilizations were restored. At that time this person became very prominent. The main factor connecting Nimrod with the giants is the element of rebellion accompanying their actions.