Why else would he travel north in order to go west?

Contrary to what scholars assume, the tale has little precedent.

The story behind Jerusalem’s Queen Helena Street.

According to Genesis, Abraham hailed from a Mesopotamian city called “Ur Kasdim,” a name usually rendered in English as “Ur of the Chaldeans.” Most commentators. . .

For millennia, Mesopotamia has teemed with a variety of cults and religions. ISIS is destroying the few that remain.