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HARRAN, HARAN or CHARRAN (Sept. X a1 6.v or Xappa: Strabo, Kci.b ac: Pliny, Carrae or Carrhae; Arab. Harrah), in biblical history the place where Terah halted after leaving Ur, and apparently the birthplace of Abraham, a town on the stream Jullab, some nine hours
highway
inscriptions as early as the time of Tiglath Pileser I., about 'too B.C., and subsequently by Sargon
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Caracalla was murdered at the instigation of Macrinus (A.D. 217). Haran was the chief
home of the moon-god Sin, whose temple was rebuilt by several kings, among them Assur-bani-pal and Nabunidus and Herodian (iv. 13, 7) mentions the town as possessing in his day a temple of the moon. In the middle ages it is mentioned as having been the seat of a particular heathen
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home of Laban and connects it with Isaac and Jacob. But we cannot thus put Haran in Aramnaharaim; the home of the Labanites is rather to be looked for in the very similar word Hauran.End of Article: HARRAN, HARAN If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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