In my previous post on JEDP I said this post would be my last on that topic. In the intervening days I told someone in the comments page that I would add a post to the topic – the best example I can think of for changes made in OT law between Exodus and Deuteronomy....
Cyrus Gordon​
Where Was Abraham's Ur?
Let’s file this one under “What you know may not be so.” What could be more obvious than Abraham coming from the southern Mesopotamian (Sumerian) city of Ur? Plenty. Check out this three-page article I’m having my Ancient Israel students read...
Abraham Was from Ur in Mesopotamia . . . Right?
I don’t think so, and I’m in good company. Why? You’ll know that after reading this 1958 article by Cyrus Gordon, one of my favorite scholars: “ Abraham and the Merchants of Ura .” You’ll wonder why it’s been so...