Ur of the Chaldees - Wikipedia
网页Ur Kasdim (Hebrew: אוּר כַּשְׂדִּים, romanized: ʾŪr Kaśdīm), commonly translated as Ur of the Chaldees, is a city mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the birthplace of Abraham, the patriarch of the Israelites and the Ishmaelites.
Bible Map: Ur - Bible Atlas.org
网页UR OF THE CHALDEES. kal'-dez ('ur kasdim; he chora (ton) Chaldaion): For more than 2,000 years efforts have been made to identify the site of this city. The writers of the Septuagint, either being unfamiliar with the site, or not considering it a city, wrote chora, "land," instead of Ur.
Where Was Ur of the Chaldees? | Religious Studies Center
网页Today, nearly all Bible study aids printed in the last forty years identify the Ur of Abraham with the Uri(m) of southern Mesopotamia. For instance, the Interpreters Bible, 1:13–14, states, “Ur of the Chaldeans [of Abraham] is the city of Ur[i(m)] in southern Babylonia,” and cites Woolley’s book Ur of the Chaldees published in 1930.
Ur of the Chaldees - Bible History
网页Archaeologists have determined exactly where the city of Ur was located in ancient times. The southernmost portion of ancient Sumer was called Chaldea, and the most important Sumerian city was located on the western portion of …
Map of the Journeys of Abraham - Bible History
网页Ur of the Chaldees was the original home of Abraham. It was one of the greatest cities of the ancient world, and Ur was the capital of the ancient Chaldean Empire in ancient Mesopotamia. Sometime around 1900 BC the Lord told Abraham to leave his home and country and go to a land that He would show him.
Ur of the Chaldees - Encyclopedia of The Bible - Bible Gateway
网页1. Name and location. Until 1850, “Ur of the Chaldees” was considered to be Urfa, near Haran, S. Turkey, where there is a local tradition of Abraham’s residence to which he sent in search for a wife for Isaac (Gen 24:1-10) from the “land of his nativity.”
Ur of the Chaldees | A Virtual Vision of Woolley’s Excavations
网页Ur of the Chaldees | A Virtual Vision of Woolley’s Excavations. Ur was one of the first cities in human history and as such is of incredible importance to archaeologists, historians, and people all over the world. The site ‘disappeared’ sometime after 400 BCE when the river that gave it life, the mighty Euphrates, had eventually wandered ...
Ur | Mesopotamia, Map, Definition, History, & Facts | Britannica
网页Ur, important city of ancient southern Mesopotamia (Sumer) near the Euphrates River. It became the capital of Sumerian kings of the 1st dynasty of Ur. Some of the most important preserved monuments, including the ziggurat, belong to the 3rd dynasty.
Bible Map: Leb-kamai (Ur) - Bible Atlas.org
网页This borders on the district which in the 1st millennium B.C. was called Chaldea (Kaldu). This, some hold, accords with the view of Eupolemus, because Camarina may be from the Arabic name of the moon qamar, which refers perhaps to the fact that the ancient city was dedicated to the worship of the moon-god.
Where Is Abraham's Ur? - The BAS Library
网页The Biblical evidence is clear: Ur of the Chaldees is in northern Mesopotamia (now Turkish territory), far from Sumer.