see Charran

The Israelites
... Harran, the first stage on his journey, bore a Babylonian name, and its great temple
of the Moon-god had been founded by Babylonian princes after the model of ...
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History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 9
... revolt against Astyages and the fall of the Median empire -- The early years of
the reign of Nabonidus: revolutions in Tyre, the taking of Harran -- The end of ...
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Of the Holy Monk Julianus.
... opposition to Chrysostom. [772] Julianus Sabas (ie Abba) an ascetic solitary
of Osrho?�ne, the district south of the modern Harran. He is ...
/.../the ecclesiastical history of theodoret/chapter xxiv of the holy monk.htm

The Nations of the North-East
... name. The gods are all Semitic"Hadad the Sun-god and Shahr the Moon-god,
the Baal of Harran, and Rekeb-el, "the Chariot of God.". ...
/.../sayce/early israel and the surrounding nations/chapter iv the nations of.htm

Canaan
... The trade-road ran through Mesopotamia past the city of Harran, and formed
a link between the Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf. ...
/.../sayce/early israel and the surrounding nations/chapter ii canaan.htm

The Early Welcome and the First Ministers of the King
... Duty opens before the docile heart bit by bit. Abram is led to Harran,
and only there learns his ultimate destination. Obedience ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/the early welcome and the.htm

Of the Persecution which Took Place at Edessa, and of Eulogius and ...
... [722] Charr??, now Harran, in Mesopotamia, on the point of divergence of the main
caravan routes, is the Haran to which Terah travelled from Orfah. ...
/.../the ecclesiastical history of theodoret/chapter xv of the persecution which.htm

The Temples and the Gods of Chaldaea
... The moon-god, Sin, alone governed two large fiefs, Uru in the extreme south, and
Harran towards the extreme north-west; Shamash had Larsam and one of the ...
/.../chapter iithe temples and the.htm

Syria at the Beginning of the Egyptian Conquest
... a language cognate, it would seem, with the imperfectly classified dialects spoken
by the tribes of the Upper Tigris and Upper Euphrates.** Harran bordered on ...
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The First Chaldaean Empire and the Hyksos in Egypt
... Kharranu, or Harran, stood, like an advance guard of Chaldaean civilization, near
the frontiers of Syria and Asia Minor.** To the north it commanded the passes ...
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