9-Ton Slab of Glass Found in the Cave of Beit She'arim
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What is a 9-ton slab of glass doing in the middle of a burial cave in Beit She'arim, Israel? And why does such a small town need a wall? What were they protecting?
Beit She'arim is an ancient Jewish necropolis where Yehuda ha-Nasi, the head of the Sanhedrin, was buried. This catacomb cave dates back to the second century AD and is one of the greatest archeological sites in Israel.
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I think its the remnants of the floor from the castle of king soloman. Remember the story when the queen of Sheba came to meet The King she thought the floor was water and she raised her garment so not to get wet? But in actual fact it was made of shiny glass.
@kayemen415 yes , this guy said "after the distruction of the second temple the city was moved here " so someone who believed in the miracle of king sulaiman decide to keep dome of the remnent of the temple ..maybe he tell his children when he died to bury it with him or cover his grave with it . Thats why the piece of glass floor was taken to this site.
God taught David to manipulate Iron .
King Solomon tech - Glass
Great information. They discovered iron from meteorites. The Egyptians were fascinated with this material and wrote about it falling from the sky . Somehow we interpret that as aliens building the pyramids. I think it was the Nephilim who help build some of these amazing structures
that story didn't exist until 1500 years after Solomon lived. It came from the Targum Sheini, a Jewish apocryphal writing that was penned in the 4th-6th Century AD. It was only written a couple of hundred years before Muhammad. (we know this because it is written in Aramaic and has many loanwords from Greek, Israel didn't interact with the Greeks until about 600 years after Solomon's reign). Muhammad came across it in the Jewish folktales and put it in the Quran. There is no record of that story existing prior to the 4th Century AD. And there is also reason to believe the story wasn't even originally about Solomon and Sheba, but that it was a tale attached to an Arabian king and one of his concubines, which the local Jewish community in Arabia added to their folktales and children's stories in the 4th Century, changing it to be about their cultural icons instead of the Arabian kings. So no, I find it very unlikely that this would be glass from a fictional story that was ascribed to Solomon and Sheba 1500 years after they existed.
It was to see if she was not a demon! Demons can become people but only thing they can not change is the feet! As the feet are hoovs ! So king Solomon was wise and made floor look like water and when Queen sheba came she lifted her dress and king Solomon seen her feet and seen she was human.
The most amazing thing about this slab of glass is that despite all the broken edges from where a sample could have been chipped off discretely they chose to bore a massive hole in the middle
I wonder if they kept the emerald tablets there?
I'm assuming that boring a hole away from the edges assures they get a pristine sample; a spot that hasn't been exposed to anything else since it was first created. I'm only guessing.
Maybe more likely to shatter if you drill the edges?
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@Treasure Out Get out of here antisemite!
One thing that always strikes me about videos that show ancient places is the intricacy of the stone work and carvings. It amazes me that people thousands of years ago could carve such details into stone. The amount of time needed to do such work must be long. Other than that, yep, pretty interesting video.
Maybe some weren't built by people but by those that came down there are also myths of people turning into stone
It gave me chills to think that the glass slab could be part of First Temple. However even if that is not the case, this is amazing and beautiful. Not being Jewish myself, I'm sure I don't understand all of the importance in this, but I still love all the history and beauty. It also makes me happy to think that something so important for the Jewish culture, for all of us really, could still be intact and teach us things. Thank you for the video.
I think it is about second temple , since Herod build it .
Amazing work you have been doing so far to show interesting biblical sites to those who adore the Holy Land. Congratulations
Thank you, S&R, for all you do. It is a pleasure seeing you in church each week.
"I’m telling you, this is a priceless, fragile, holy glass relic from our ancestors!!" 'Ok we believe you, let's drill a huge hole right in the middle of it...’
donlitos and not even put it back
@Plott Palm Trees All Jewish beliefs was copied from the Sumerians,everything. Check the story of Gilgamesh,the flood and the story of Enoch.
@@gilmoreskeen1234 all might be overstating it a bit. However I agree with the foundation of that type of thought
@Plott Palm Trees Egyptians knew of flaming meteorites colliding with the sand creating glass, and using these iron meteorites to better understand meteorology crafting weapons and such. Clever folks
Funny you said that, thought there was Summerian writing on walls. My thought high tech technology, now question who or what is underneath the slab. This is no ordinary tomb
Dear Sergio and Rhoda I have just discovered you channel. I like the way the two of you present the topics and how you put your videos together. The maps and our materials you use make the history more life like. Keep up the work James from Canada.
I like the real loud harsh music. It always adds to the video. I especially like it when the person stops talking and the volume of the music goes up about twice as loud as they were talking. I always put my headphones on so I can enjoy it at its maximum volume.
Good one hahaha
I just stumbled on your channel yesterday. I love it! I will probably never get a chance to go to Israel and go to the places that you go. Very fascinating and very inspirational!! So Thank you❤️
That would be a plausible explanation for why a 9 ton piece of glass would need guards and a gate. Temple Artifact. Genius!
There is a reason they call it "float glass". You would want a stable, completely level table to pour the glass onto to make window glass. The thickness, and perhaps the extra lime, would make it very strong and stable to withstand the weight of the glass poured upon it's surface. Since glass is a liquid, it would naturally level on this already level surface keeping it's thickness consistent.
In the older pictures of the find, there was a thin ditch around the slab which would be for standing blocks around the edge that can easily be pulled away after the glass hardens.
Makes sense to me so I am agreeing with on this one too....HIGH 5
Thanks Karlisa! And a high 5 back!
Makes sense but why make glass in a burial cave?
No doubt the table would be flat and also insulated from .... electricity?
@@stephenmayo9573 ,perhaps for more consistent temperature. It probably didn't start out as a burial cave.
Me AlsoMe good point!
Thanks for showing and taking the viewers 'walking through' different scriptures and events that took place. Good to watch b4 heading back to Israel again n again... SHALOM.
Wow I love the way you guys find and record all these things and I also love your enthusiasm for every thing and place you discover it makes it come to life
My first time seeing this video and man am I glad I got to see it!! I’m currently taking a class in Hebrew Biblical history so this was even more interesting for me now! Thank you for sharing your knowledge & travels. Praying y’all will be blessed ❤️
I love watching you guy's. I'm cooked up in the house because of this virus and your videos make me feel good, thank you
Are you raw, medium, or well-done?
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I love history, especially ancient mystery history. U ask good questions and make good analogies and make the journey fun. Keep up the great work.
I can't help but wonder what is beneath that 9 ton slab of glass.
Thats why
When someone teaches the bible should be like a history lesion its pruly fascinating so full of knowlgae.
The floor!
@@vincentconti3633 The synagogue at Capernæum was dated 3rd century, and they thought the floor was solid bedrock. Then they found large stones in the floor, and underneath those was 1st century pottery. Don't be quick to assume too much when things have been buried a very long time.
My wonderings lean more towards what may have sat upon it. A thing long missing and much searched for.
@@habierbealoski4957 I know exactly what you mean.
My theory is this is drama, glass that is not see through is naturally produced by volcanic action.
Obsidian is volcanic glass and comes in several colours, it has been worked and used for tools and weapons in ancient times.
What we have here is a lump of low grade obsidian that has been worked flat in preperation for a stone casket to be placed on it.
The theories here are laughable.
All the more fitting. I didn't know 2nd century AD was considered ancient either. Written word is over 1000 years old at that point.
Symon Rocks, thank you for this clear observation.
Symon, obviously it is Noah's Ark.
@@karlharvymarx2650
Yeah, it's the chopping board from the prep area where the animals were kept, just in case they fancy a snack Mrs Noah put on a buffet every night, meat at one end, veg at the other and the not fussy in the middle.
@@marielaveau6362
Hi, I like history and I love all of the wonder, but sometimes people just say what they think rather than what is probable.
I should say there are lots of people who don't know about volcanic glass, but that is no reason for putting nonsense ideas into peoples minds.
Mother nature made millions of wonderful Rocks, Minerals and crystals, all beautiful and some were made then remade then changed depending on the location, obsidian in it's pure form is just the same as glass and can a razor edge that will cut better than a surgeons knife.
Obsidian is mostly black but can be mahogany, rainbow, blue and others with inclusions such as a snowflake pattern.
Not all of the volcanic glass will have been pure and saying that lime dripped into it, that laughable, no evidence of the huge fire that would have been required or anything else.
It can be polished like a mirror, I don't know if that Version would polish that well, but i'm better that if it did, then it was used for reflecting light in, that wasn't mentioned.
Sorry for the long reply.
Great video channel on Jewish archeological studies. This is unique to CZcams! Getting permission to show this sacred site and interpreting it is excellent work. Thank You.
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Absolutely fascinating!! I love the Hebrew translation that you included!!
In a word, MAGNIFICENT! I've always been intrigued by Israel and my interest in that ancient nation has now doubled. Before Israel was scattered in 70 AD, It was already a nation in its own right. Only in recent history- 1948, has it been recognized once again as a nation. But in my opinion, as long as it's people were still here a nation can always be reborn.
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jan rico yes. No music
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@Toast very true !
Yes, it would be better without that music IMHO. I think they thought the music added to the feeling of mystery. But it's enjoyable anyway.
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Amazing video just like the rest. Looking forward to next season. And I like the intro song. 😁
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'Cept it's nonsense.
Just found this one, GREAT! Carry on you two.
Fascinating and informative. And I love that cat at the end.
The archeological examination showed that the glass is sitting within a limestone tank and the glass on the bottom still contains the raw material that formed that glass so there is no doubt that the glass was formed in situ exactly where it is sitting now. Your story about it being the temple window is nice but it’s not backed by the actual scientific investigation. All the evidence supports the idea that it was baked on site. It would also be incredibly difficult to remove a 9 ton slab of glass from the ruins of the temple and transport it the 130km from Jerusalem to Beth Shearim. Also, it wasn’t placed in its current location before around 400AD so where was it between 587BC and then and why has no historian during that period noted its existence?
That’s an interesting *theory* but it is only the fool who speaks in certainties as you have. Archaeology is the branch of science that is consistently wrong most often, when I was in school Clovis first was taught religiously and humans were only 50,000 years old. Since then we’ve found evidence that humans are 300,000+ years old and in Southern California a mammoth processing site was found dating back 120,000 years or more. Archaeologists now claim matter of factly that modern humans are 300,000 years old when what they should be teaching is that we are at least that old and perhaps much, much older. We know so very little and we should be up front about it.
CaliforniaCarpenter7 sorry you feel that way. Thanks for sharing your thoughts
I agree 9 tons is not something to move easily.
Science is constantly led down empty pathways of exploration when a theory is deemed fact without 100% proof, everything at best is only probable if not laughable when created by so many ignorant minds. An open mind is essential to not block pathways of exploration that can save hundreds of years in finding the truth
Lots of materials are glass. If that was man made, it was by accident. "Gates" are the doors to a furnace. Definitely a large crucible was in use there. Lots of variables to this one. Check out my glassblowing video!
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Incredible work! Thank you and much love from California.
God Bless Everyone
You both made this a great documentary knowledgeable and interesting you sound like wonderful people keep up good work
Interesting a temple piece is also buried, a great respect , love the story
ITS an ancient dance floor its obvious , glass allows the feet to slide for the intricate dance moves [haha] everyone assumes it has some religious context YAWN! LOL
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Rhoda and Sergio, I always learn so much watching your videos! Thank you, so much!
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That guys blow you mind? are you crazy?
God declared that to be happen before your eyes so whos blow your mind now?
Well done! I really enjoyed this..
Frank from Boulder, Colorado, USA
Dear adorable Rhoda & Sergio, Beit Shearim and the mystery of the massive piece of glass was brought out well...Interesting...
Very interesting about glass and the connection to the Temple Barry blum
You two are excellent presenters and I've enjoyed this vid tremendously. God bless you and keep up the good work.
Thank you Aaron so much! Your words are very encouraging!
Very, very cool! I need to visit these sites, just so much awesome history. I really like the fluffy cat at the end too.
So it was so precious that people wanted to be buried next to it, and then some yoyos drilled a hole right in the middle of it.
That's what I was thinking.
Ironic, but not a deliberate outrage, the drilling place took place after knowledge of what the slab actually was was lost, and before a connection with the temple was suspected in the modern era. In fact the modern speculation was the RESULT of the analysis of the sample.
I love how archeologists are impatient and destructive. Sure, they could take small chips for sampling, or just allow a future generation with better technology to perform examination, but noooope
Watching some if the mudflood videos, most of what archeologists give us is made up .
@@somedude.... so we should not attempt to fly to the moon and wait another 1000 years
I love these two. They are so fun & their videos are really good. I love ancient history.❤🤗
Loved it ! I actually learned something !
This is the first time I am watching this video. You have blown my mind. Everyday there are new discoveries that reinforce the Bible. As a Christian I am always amazed by these discoveries. These discoveries are backed up by science and secular history. The more I learn the more believe in the Bible.
All of them is in the Bible already...
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Maybe she means about the glass was mentioned in the bible?! I didnt read the Bible but in torah glass was mentioned
just love the shows you are making and sharing with us!!!!! God Bless you, so fascinating
Brilliant coverage! Thank you for doing this
Thank you very much for all the videos. Very interesting. Love from India
Thanks for you videos I have learned few things that were not mentioned in other videos about Israel.
Thank you for this interesting video. The antiquities of these ancient times are fascinating. Very well done!
Great and informative video. I love archeology and history documentaries and have never heard of this place before.
I’d love to learn more about it.
Thanks for sharing.
Great find and thanks for sharing.
When they analysed the glass they should be able to tell where the materials to make the glass (ingredients) came from. That would be very helpful in distinguishing if it was made locally, materials imported or indigenous or if the glass is from another area entirely. If that was so then it would be a case of finding the source and determining if it’s man made or made by nature from one of the many cataclysms caused by comets etc which cause conditions of extreme temperatures. Did the university declare its man made? The extra lime might be the clue.
I say this as Here in Scotland we have vitrified forts on top of large hills. So called “experts” tried to say the rock was vitrified by the enemy stacking wood and burning it, so they tried and quickly ran out of wood and had to emergency call for skips full of wood. In the end they burnt a little from the side of the wall. The problem with their theory is that as we all know heat rises and the forts were burnt from the top down.
I suspect it was a comet, the British Isles woodland disappeared along with the Romans and all sorts of other strange goings on.
Great video, incredible story, do not listen to others. You guys have many fans and I'm your newest sub.
Again Fantastic
The same set up could be used for smelting metals and specifically gold. It takes so much fuel and they ran out of trees, it happened wherever there was gold and this was on a grand scale. Very cool. Thank you.
Thank you for this beautiful, Reasonable, concise, logical
Historical explanation.
I am sad given the religious graduate degree studies I received I never heard of the glass windows! But it makes perfect sense.
This is a very informative and fascinating video. Thanks for making it!
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Fascinating discovery and theories. Maybe time to revisit the site for an update. Thanks.
Ive been in the glass industry my whole life. Ive even visited glass furnace archaeology sites in Europe. This is intriguing. If I wanted to replicate this I would find a spot where I wanted the massive block of glass to stay forever then build a rectangular furnace on that spot about one -two stories high out of ceramic and heat resistant stone blocks. the chamber for wood/ coals/ flammible oils,and pitch would be the middle level and the top would be the block chamber for melting.with a number of holes leading down to the bottom level and sub level .. These lower levels would have a floor and walls with the exact shape of massive block I wanted. id spend probably weeks using a high flux (ash/lime) ratio to silica so it would melt easier at lower temps (1700-2000 F) let it drain down holes/chutes built in the block side walls and fill the lower level which would act like a mold. then i would keep the fires stoked for a few months to a year without fresh glass melting to drip down so that the lower block would cool slow enough not to crack.....in theory
In other places they talk about casting basalt. Similar endeavor, possibly more forgiving tensile properties than glass.
Me!
Sounds good to Me!
Fascinating!
At 2:50, you'll notice the beautiful archway is polygonal masonry. It's thought that the technique was ancient, before 70 AD. It could be that this site was found and re-purposed, much like Balbek for the Romans.
Dean Winchell I've noticed the same thing.
Also there are some stones that are visible ouside of the burial site (3:40) that show a style seen elsewhere in Bulgaria and central Asia, very strange. Their external surfaces are well worked and polished around the joints and very raw in the middle
I note that the carvings shown at about 2:20 look similar to those seen at Gobekli Tepi...it makes more sense that these caves were created in megalithic times, centuries before being discovered and repurposed by the Romans and the Hebrews.
more like pre flood 13,000 yrs ago... and as many sites, originals, then the next re purpose, and the next and the next... lol
&Egypt,&South America,&japan etc etc.....WHO WERE THESE STONE EXPERTS?..
I noticed the polygonal masonry too. Especially the arches caught my eye. I haven't seen polygonal masonry with arches before, usually the doorways and windows are rectangular.
The masonry itself it worn and cracked with big gaps in the connections. Very old or not made perfectly?
Very very interesting... and I like the music btw. 🎶
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.. look at the craftsmanship of the wall with the arch in the background at 3:05.it's amazing !
I think it's more likely that this was some natural glass which was cut and used as a burial slab. As for why there were gates and a guard tower, it could be simply to protect the burial places, but considering that they were of Roman construction, it's likely there was a Roman garrison in the town. More excavations could reveal a wealth of details we seem to be lacking at the moment.
Great points! Thanks for the comment! They are still excavating this place so we should revisit next year and see what’s new!
@@SnR I'm definitely intrigued to see what new discoveries and mysteries will be unearthed in the future! :D
Thanks again for another fascinating program.
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I subscribe to very few. However your video was very informative and very interesting. Can wait to see what else you got up your sleeves. And THANK YOU for a subscribe worthy site !
Thank you so much, Mike! We have over 50 videos of different Biblical sites and are currently filming more!
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Really good production. You’ve elevated your edits.
Just found your channel. This is the first video I have watched. Looking forward to watching more of your videos and you both and your beautiful cat. Thanks for all you do. Great show.
Fascinating story and great videography and even the music was perfect. Just wonderful! Subscribed now.
Pretty cool guys! Thanks for the insight!
Wow! Very interesting and wonderful discovery! Thank you, Mrs. Cavalier
You two are funny! Very well done. Enjoyed it greatly!
This is awesome. I lost the livestream so I'm excited you posted it so soon!! God bless you both !
Susie, thank you bunches! God bless you too!!
I love this. It breathes life into the past and edifies the hearer. God bless you both! 💗
They don’t believe in your God. If you don’t have the son, you don’t have the Father. Jews don’t believe in the son, therefore they don’t have the father.
No. You believe Jesus was a mere human and created. We don’t. The Bible doesn’t teach that sorry. Therefore you didn’t prove any point and He is still God.
@@jessed1586 Of course you can have the father without the son, just not the other way round.
No, absolutely false statement that goes against the teaching of scripture! You cannot have the Father without the son.
1 John 2:23 KJV
Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
Whoever denies Jesus Christ does not have the Father. Jews deny Jesus Christ, therefore they do not have they do not have the Father. Very clear.
@@jessed1586 I'm not sure how your statement applies. We're looking at simple history. The artifacts are amazing and the Jewish land is rich with proofs of the Bible's authenticity. They have been crucial in disproving the critics' claims that the stories are just legend. I'm not sure how any believer could not be blessed by these amazing discoveries.
Hiya, I've just found your channel and subscribed. That was absolutely fascinating and certainly food for thought. Take care and keep well, from England.❤️🌞
Anyone considered how they cooled a block of glass with those dimensions without it shattering?
LOL. It's always "aliens"
Quenching in hot oil prolly olive
100 servants were made to huddle around it and blow on it.
@@histguy101 Ha Ha! LoLz!
Cooling it isn't the trick. It's controlling the cooling that matters. It must be cooled gradually so it anneals. I worked in a forge early in my career, we had to keep all the windows shut to minimize air circulation so the molds wouldn't cool unevenly. It's the same with glass. They needed to prevent air currents from cooling it unevenly. They probably had shields built of wood covered with cloth surrounding its sides & a cover over the top.
Yes that was very interesting I love history and you guys did a great job on that video
Temple glass !!!! And they drilled holes in it
That was my reaction too!
I'd guess they really wanted to know what was on the other side of the glass. I bet, they were thinking it was a type of burial chamber lid.
May have already had chips etc. from transporting it from Jerusalem?
Drill a hole in to make it Holy Glass!
Connecting that glass to the temple is extremely speculative. If that was indeed correct, that glass would have been the center of Jewish/ Christian pilgrimage along the centuries.
There's no tradition over this glass at all.
Perhaps testing the glass for other contaminents, such as cedar of Lebanon ash and animal fat from sacricial offerings would further advance the one hypothesis.
Fantastic video and information.
Love & Thanks from Scotland.
Another great one
Thank you both
Thank you, Mark!
Thanks for sharing!
Another great video indeed . Thank You so much !
Fascinating video, you guys always bring the goods!
QUOTE: n 1956, a bulldozer working at the site unearthed an enormous rectangular slab, 11×6.5×1.5 feet, weighing 9 tons. Initially, it was paved over, but it was eventually studied and found to be a gigantic piece of glass. A glassmaking furnace was located here in the 9th century during the Abbasid period, which produced great batches of molten glass that were cooled and later broken into small pieces for crafting glass vessels. UNQUOTE -Wikipedia.
At least one person here knows how to use the internet...
I would have believed your quote but you blew it when you wrote where you got it, Wikipedia! They are nothing but left winged liars, and will even erase posts that people have written that corrected a falsehood with the correct information and as to where they got their information proving they were right! Sorry, but do not trust Wikipedia, they are part and parcel with MSM, nothing but fake news!
Hes right though, but I still use Wikipedia anyways.
@@whiteeagle6370 1. Left wing archeology? Huh? 2. Wikipedia is a starting point for intelligent people for a quick summary. Smart people can then follow the references including, in this case, to peer reviewed archeology publications. Left wing archeology, again, Huh? Thorlo is nuts.
@@thorlo1278 Some time ago I would have laughed at your comment, but guys like you have made me understand that there is no progress in humanity and that we are ultimately doomed by our species' stupidity.
Really cool...Never heard of this. Thanks...rr
Incredibly interesting!! Thank you so much. Love your videos😄
Lovely. Really enjoyed this documentary.
I had learned that this glass was meant for the third Temple back in the 100's when Rome was thinking about approving the building of what would have been the third Temple, but a Jewish revolt changed the Romans mind. So they wanted to buried next to the slab because it would have been used in the 3rd Temple. I am not saying this is right, I only pass on what I have heard.
Thought provoking
Thx for sharing
Yall are doing a great job, thanks for sharing
I would have liked to watch this, but the music is too annoying and distracting. Not Needed!
ARTHUR BARROW Agreed, a good soundtrack should enhance your viewing experience, not distract you. A truly great soundtrack blends so well with the video that it goes completely unnoticed.
Get some exercise and sunshine, better yet take a vacation man, just calm down and focus, it’s really not so difficult to separate the backing track from the narration and information, if this interests you the music wouldn’t be an issue anyway.
Unbelievably annoying
Music was distracting. But, I persevered to the end because the subject matter was interesting.
@@wingnutzster worry about yourself dude.
Good video. Just one small correction. I know it's common today that people assume the Ur that Abraham comes from is the Sumerian Ur. There are multiple cities called Ur and there is one just 7 miles north-west of Haran called today Sanliurfa. Genesis says that Abraham, Sarah etc come from Padan Aram in northern Syria. It doesn't make sense for them to make a detour from the Sumerian Ur to Haran if they are going to Canaan. They could simply travel due west. Also, The Sumerian Ur is never called 'Ur of the Chaldees' on ancient tablets. There is a tablet found in Ugarit that mentions merchants from the city of Ur that is under the kingdom of the Hittites.
Sanliurfa in Syria used to be called Edessa and before that, it was called Ura in Akkadian. In Hebrew, you would drop the 'a' at the end of 'Ura' and just called it 'Ur'. Abraham comes from the north in Syrian, which is also the location of the Garden of Eden. Hope that makes sense
Simple go west , mean to go through desert.
@@BoboTheSunniestPalDog Yes, that would be the route you would take if you started from the Sumerian Ur to go directly to Canaan. That is however not the route you would take to travel to Canaan via Haran in Syria
Only one problem with your hypothesis. Genesis as a whole comes almost intact from the Sumerian mythology.
@@marnixschipper9674 Which part? I've read all of Genesis
Alasdair Maclean Here are some similarities that I have found between Genesis and the Sumerian tablets:
In the beginning, there was chaos (Enuma Elish)
Chaos was transformed to order (Enuma Elish)
God/gods created all things (Enuma Elish)
Light existed before the creation of the sun and moon (Enuma Elish)
God/gods were displeased with humanity and decided to destroy humanity via the flood (Epic of Gilgamesh, Eridu Genesis, and the Epic of Atrahasis)
The flood (Sumerian kings list)
One man and his family survived the flood (Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld)
Those on the Ark opened a window near the end of the journey sending birds as scouts
Food and drink can give eternal life (Adapa)
After the flood, this one man gave thanks to his God
The early settlers in Mesopotamia were of one speech (Enmerkar and the Lord Aratta)
The language was confused (Enmerkar and the Lord Aratta)
Migration originated from those who survived the flood
The Sumerians knew the concept of eternal life in paradise and were seeking it (Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld)