Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Kirk" <peter AT qaya.org>
> >
> Actually Harran and Carchemish are both in what we call Turkey today, 
> although both close to the Syrian border.
>
> --

Yes, I know. But the present border is a result of post WWI politics, not 
historical geography. Historically and geographically, both are in Syria.


Yigal Levin