Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. III, 1949 Sacred Scripture Biblical geography

Chalanne

CHALANNE

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Also known as: Chalannēh, Calneh; Italian: Kalne

CHALANNE (Hebrew Kalnēh). - In Gen. 10:10 it is the fourth city of the southern tetrapolis of Mesopotamia, which constituted the kingdom of Shinar (Šin'ār), founded by Nimrod. According to a gloss of the Septuagint on Is. 10:9, the tower of Babel (v.) would have been built here.

It is uncertain whether it is to be identified with Nippur, southeast of Babylon, or with the Sumerian Kal-mn. According to St. Jerome, Eusebius, the Targum and others, it would have been situated northeast of Babylon, where Ctesiphon later arose, called by Pliny (Nat. Hist., VI, 26) the capital of Chalonitis. The Chalane (Heb. Kalnèh) of Am. 6:2, and the Calano (Heb. Kalnèh) of Is. 10:9 could be one and the same as the C. of Genesis, but more probably one thinks of the Sira Kullani of the cuneiform inscriptions, east of Antioch, conquered by Tiglath-Pileser (740 B.C.).

Giorgio Castellino

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III (1949), col. 1369.

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Castellino, Giorgio. “Chalanne (Ebr. Kalnèh).” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, col. 1369. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/chalanne-ebr-kalneh.

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Castellino, Giorgio. “Chalanne (Ebr. Kalnèh).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 1369. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/chalanne-ebr-kalneh.

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@incollection{ec3_chalanne_ebr_kalneh,
  author    = {Castellino, Giorgio},
  title     = {Chalanne (Ebr. Kalnèh)},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {III},
  pages     = {1369},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/chalanne-ebr-kalneh}
}

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