Ur of the Chaldees
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Ur of the Chaldees is the name given to the city where Abraham was born.
The location of the particular city called "Ur of the Chaldees" is completely unsettled. At first, archaeologists identified it as a Sumerian city named Ur (modern Tell el-Mukayyar). Since then, other scholars have proposed other identifications, including a site near the modern city of Edessa and even the city of Enoch, as if any city could have survived the Global Flood and been repopulated.
The chief flaw in the available scholarship on Ur of the Chaldees is that it assumes either that the city predated the Flood, or that Abraham lived far later than the Bible says that he lived, or that the name "of the Chaldees" is simply an anachronism. The positive identification of the city of Abraham's birth will require further research, which probably should center in the southern part of modern Iraq.
Related References
- Ur Kasdim by Wikipedia
- Ur (that is, Tell el-Mukayyar) by Wikipedia
- Ur in the E-museum of Minnesota State University
- Ur of the Chaldees by the University of Chicago
- Ur of the Chaldees at Daily Bible Study (Canada)
- Ur of the Chaldees at BibleOrigins.net
