| | Hebrews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19) |
 | | They are most commonly identified in contemporary records of neighbouring regions as Hurrian mercenaries called Habiru apparently based in the valley of Habur between the Euphrates and Tigris. |
 | | In the Levant, Hebrews spoke a local Canaanite dialect (see Hebrew language)though the ancestral proto-Hebrews around present day Urfa or 'Ur of the Khaldis', from whence the Hebrew Patriarch Abram came, dwelt amidst the Hurrians.Interestingly Habiru names listed on the Tikunani Prism are alsoHurrian. |
 | | Many Hebrews were originally Canaanites who gradually distinguished themselves based upon a religious difference by adoptingHurrian themes like the specific biblical version of the story of Noah. |
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