Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Jonathan D. Safren" <yonsaf AT beitberl.beitberl.ac.il>]

Peter Kirk wrote:

> Good evidence that the early part of Genesis is based on Sumerian
> traditions brought to Canaan from southern Mesopotamia by the
> Patriarchs. Don't forget that the exile was not the only point of
> contact between Jewish and Mesopotamian cultures.

[JSafren] Prove that the Patriarchs came to Canaan from Southern Mesopotamia 
and not
from Northern. The Biblical and extra-Biblical evidence is all for Northern - 
amd that
includes the name of Abraham's city, which is not Ur but Ur Kasdim.  And see 
my long
discussions with NPL on this list and on ANE,

Yours,
Jonathan D. Safren