חרן
Region: Turquie (Anatolie du Sud-Est)
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Harran, a biblical city and Mesopotamian crossroads in Upper Mesopotamia (today southeastern Turkey), is mentioned as early as Genesis as a place of passage for Abraham. Rabbinic and archaeological sources attest to a Jewish presence there at various periods of Antiquity.
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Sources & resources
- Encyclopaedia Judaica — 2e éd., Keter/Macmillan
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