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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Urfa is historically presumed to be the home of Abraham of Genesis fame.


8 posted on 11/11/2008 5:17:25 PM PST by nkycincinnatikid
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To: nkycincinnatikid
Urfa is historically presumed to be the home of Abraham of Genesis fame.

I think that is Ur (in present-day Iraq), not Urfa (in Turkey).

12 posted on 11/11/2008 5:23:26 PM PST by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: nkycincinnatikid
Urfa is historically presumed to be the home of Abraham of Genesis fame.

No,Abraham's Ur is down toward Basra in Iraq. Urfa is a relatively recent name for Edessa.

29 posted on 11/11/2008 5:59:15 PM PST by Soliton (This 2 shall pass)
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To: nkycincinnatikid
Once there was an honored father in the city of Ur in Chaldea and his name was ‘Honored-Father’ and he made a compact with God, and God foretold that he would be the father of many nations and so his name was changed to “Father-Of-Nations”.
70 posted on 11/12/2008 4:24:29 PM PST by allmendream (Wealth is EARNED not distributed.... so how could it be Redistributed?)
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