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06-04-2007, 08:14 PM
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The Biblical city of Haran?!?
Genisis 12:4
So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. Where is this city located? |
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06-04-2007, 10:09 PM
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This is the traditional belief, and as far as I know it isn't disputed. |
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06-04-2007, 11:33 PM
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Harran or Carrhae was notable down to the Moslem period for the worship of the moon-goddess there. It still had a pagan population in Abbasid times. It was part of the Syriac-speaking world in late-Roman times.
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06-05-2007, 08:38 AM
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Ok, thank you gentlemen.
Next question; who controlled Haran and who were the people who populated that city during the time Abraham is alledged to have lived? Thanks again... |
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06-06-2007, 10:46 AM
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