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To: Wombat101

Hmmm.... Abraham was from Ur, which I believe is either Iraq or Iran. Job was from Uz which I wonder whether is the modern nation of Uzbekistan. Job is considered to be the oldest book in the bible.


25 posted on 04/24/2006 7:13:27 AM PDT by Flavius Josephus (Nationalism is not a crime.)
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To: Flavius Josephus

Let's see. Ur is, in fact, located between the Tigris and Euphrates, so that puts it's smack dab in Mesopotamia.

Uz, if I'm not mistaken, is/was/might have been on the coasts of the Caspian Sea (Iran's northern fringe).

The Garden of Eden is generally believed to have been the land between the four rivers of Tigris, Ephrates, Gihon and Pishon, which puts it somewhere between modern Turkey, Iraq and Iran. Which means that when God created the forerunners of the Jews, he did so in Mr. Whatshisname's backyard. I'm sure he'd be very glad to give the real estate back.

My, this whole "go back where you came from" thing just keeps getting trickier for him, doesn't it?


30 posted on 04/24/2006 7:24:16 AM PDT by Wombat101 (Islam: Turning everything it touches to Shi'ite since 632 AD...)
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