Abraham and the City of Ur

Very interesing Zephyr! Thank you for posting. I just wanted to let you know that your questions Abraham and the City of Ur might be answered in the book "The Exodus Revealed" by Dr. Lennart Moller.He reveal's the TRUE Ur of which Abraham was born at. The Ur of the Chaldees and the Ur of which Abraham was born at are "two" different Urs. According to Moller, the Ur of Abraham was actually "Urfa". It is in the area of Urfa that there are several villages, communites and ruins called "Serug" (Abram's great-grandfather), "Nahor" (Abram's grandfather), "Terah" (Abram's father) and "Haran" (Abram's brother). These names have changed down the years. Serug is most likely the same place as the one referred to as "Sarugi" in Assyrian documents from around 700 BC and called "Suruc" today. Around 900 BC Terah is referred to as "Til-Turahi", which means ruins of Terah. The place called Haran (Abram's brother's name) still exists today, situated in south-eastern Turkey, about 44 km from urfa by the roads of today. Some of these places are marked on a map in Moller's book, which shows Urfa's surroundings near the border between modern Turkey and Syria.The cave town of Urfa's citadel , which according to popular tradition was Abram's birthplace, is still regarded as a holy place today. The city is named Sanliurfa (since 1983), but was earlier named Urfa. Urfa is related to the Hurranian state, and the city is at least from the second millenum BC. Moslems have erected a mosque over the cave, the Crusaders erected a fortress, and there are two columns from ancient Baal temple, called Nimrod's throne, on top of the mountain. King Abgar Ukkama (9-46 AD) was the founder of Christian traditions of this city.Once you thoroughly examine all the data, Ur of the Chaldees cannot be the Ur the Bible refers to based on the route Abraham would have had to take.You can purchase the book here, or elsewhere online:2022 -appThe first 36 pages deal extensively with Abraham, his birthplace, the routes of travel, and many many clues with pictures of archaeological remains.This message has been edited by Lysimachus, 09-22-2004 01:19 PM

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