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Bookmark or Share- What were the Chaldeans? - Biblical Hermeneutics Stack ExchangeThe Chaldeans were originally a nomadic tribe who settled on the plain between the Euphrates and the Tigris, an area that extended some 400 miles in length and about 100 miles in width. The following two paragraphs make reference to the link between the people and the societal class of astrologers and astronomers in southern Mesopotamia:
- Why do scholars think Abraham came from Ur in Mesopotamia?Chaldeans were nomads, just like Abraham, that originated in the northern Mesopotamia and migrated to the south well after the times of the patriarchs. Why than anyone would identify Abraham's Ur with the Sumerian city? The distance from Sumerian Ur to Haran is about twice as long as from Haran to Canaan.
- Habakkuk 1:11 true meaning - Biblical Hermeneutics Stack ExchangeThe Chaldeans went for Jerusalem and conquered it without diversion or change in military strategy. Moreover it puts God out of the dialogue, making the response in 1.12 a bit out of place. The whole point of 1.12 is to object to God changing course, because he is everlasting and thus should never change course.
- word choice - Biblical Hermeneutics Stack ExchangeI'm aware of the origins of the Chaldeans as a branch of the Arameans who took over southern Mesopotamia. I'm interested in the meaning of the Akkadian and Hebrew words that apparently became attached to them. I frequently see the gloss "clod-breakers," but I can't find any clear source for that gloss.
- Did Terah’s family (which Abraham came from) worship the Lord?We are told that the family lived in “Ur of the Chaldees” (Gen 11:26), which might imply that they followed the beliefs of the Chaldeans—i.e., Semitic people who later joined and became interchangeable with Babylonians.
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