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  1. What were the Chaldeans? - Biblical Hermeneutics Stack Exchange

    Oct 8, 2020 · The Chaldeans were originally a nomadic tribe who settled on the plain between the Euphrates and the Tigris, an area that extended some 400 miles in length and about 100 miles …

  2. What are the four types of "wise men" in Daniel 2?

    What are each of these categories of "wise men"—what are the distinguishing marks of each of their practice? Is the fourth one literally "Chaldeans" in the Hebrew, and how do we interpret …

  3. Why do scholars think Abraham came from Ur in Mesopotamia?

    Jun 16, 2022 · Chaldeans were nomads, just like Abraham, that originated in the northern Mesopotamia and migrated to the south well after the times of the patriarchs. Why than …

  4. word choice - Biblical Hermeneutics Stack Exchange

    May 26, 2022 · I'm aware of the origins of the Chaldeans as a branch of the Arameans who took over southern Mesopotamia. I'm interested in the meaning of the Akkadian and Hebrew words …

  5. Habakkuk 1:11 true meaning - Biblical Hermeneutics Stack Exchange

    Jun 22, 2022 · The problem is the change of person in the narration, i.e. Hab 1:6-1:10 uses third person "they" to refer to Chaldeans or the "bitter and hasty nation". Who is the first person …

  6. How did Abraham learn about the God, YHWH (LORD, KJV), in …

    Aug 23, 2023 · The God of glory [the Shekinah, the radiance of God] appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran, 3 and He said to him, …

  7. Why were Job's sheep burned by Satan in Job 1:16?

    May 20, 2022 · While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain …

  8. When did the Exodus happen? - Biblical Hermeneutics Stack …

    Aug 12, 2025 · At Genesis 12:4, 5 we find that Abraham was 75 years old when he left Haran and crossed the Euphrates on his way to Canaan, at which time the Abrahamic covenant, the …

  9. Did Terah’s family (which Abraham came from) worship the Lord?

    Feb 18, 2022 · We are told that the family lived in “Ur of the Chaldees” (Gen 11:26), which might imply that they followed the beliefs of the Chaldeans—i.e., Semitic people who later joined and …

  10. Can 'face of his father' refer to human sacrifice in Gen. 11:28?

    Sep 16, 2022 · I'm wondering if this is a euphemism for human sacrifice, that Haran was a sacrifice to gods sort of the way Isaac was later almost a human sacrifice. I know nothing of …