Japheth - Japheth Japheth was the third-born of the sons of Noah in the Bible. In Arabic citations his name is normally given as Yafet Ibn Nuh (Japhet son of Noah). As Shem was Noah's first-born son, the Jewish people deemed themselves to be his descendants (hence 'Semitic'). Their enemies were said to have been descended from Ham, the outcast son (hence 'Hamitic'). With the adoption of of the Bible in Europe, Japheth was taken by European Christians to be the father of the Europeans. Hence the term 'Japhetic' was formerly used to refer to European peoples. The term was also applied by pre-Darwinian writers to what later became known as the Indo-European language group. Other cultures mention Japheth - the pagan Greeks knew him as 'Iapetos', the.
Hephthalite - was apparently during the reign of Ye-dai-yi-li-tuo that there was a split resulting in the western portions of Huer & Alchoni relocating their interests in the Volga region of Europe as the Avars. India knew the Hephthalites by the sanskrit name 'Huna' (perhaps used originally to refer to the Xiyonites?). Procopius called them "White Huns" while Simokattes calls them Uar (reminicient of their own self designation) and identifies them as the "real" Avars of the east and the true political force behind what he calls the "pseudo" Avars who eventually settled down in Transylvania. It has been said that their legendary ancestor was Afrasiabus in whose name we can perhaps see some kind of connection to the Avar ethnicon. Armenian sources also mention a White Hun origin for the Parthian Arsac..
Genesis - all families of the earth be blessed". God often repeats the promise that Abraham's descendants shall be as numerous as the stars in heaven and as the sand on the seashore. The article on Biblical cosmology discusses the Bible's view of the cosmos, much of which derives from descriptions in Genesis. Jewish customs Jewish custom divides the book into twelve parashiot (weekly readings). One parasha is read each week during the yearly cycle of Torah readings. Summary The creation Genesis starts with an account of the creation of the universe by God, which occurs in six steps. On the first day God created light; on the second, the firmament of heaven; on the third, the separation between water and land, and the creation of plant life; on the fourth day the.
Etymologiae - information offered in Etymologiae was disproved in following centuries. A stylized map based on Etymologiae was printed in 1472 in Augsburg, featuring the world as a wheel. The continent Asia is peopled by descendants of Sem or Shem, Africa by descendants of Ham and Europe by descendants of Japheth. All three were the sons of Noah. This map reflects Isidore's 6th century view; we now know that, although undoubtedly a brilliant scholar, Isidore was not always correct in his suppositions..
Airyanem Vaejah - 23 par. 4 (where, however, a confusion is found in so far as this story is attributed to a son of Mithras), that his father hated women and therefore threw his sperm on a rock which afterwards was pregnant. These details are not as the great pioneer in Mithraic studies [Franz Cumont]assumed "de pure fantaisie", on the contrary they are part of a birth myth attested among the Ossetians in Caucasus and have already in the Hurrian "Epic of Kumarbi" an unmistakable association. The localization of this scene of Mithra's birth to the shore of the Araxes in Armenia confirms our presumption that north-western Iran and Armenia was the homeland of Mithraic mysteries. Also the shepherds who are seen on Mithraic reliefs in connection with the birth-scene possess their correspondence in.
Ashkenazi - of Ashkenaz is referred to chiefly in regard to the ritual of the synagogue there, but occasionally also with regard to certain other observances (ib. p. 129). In the literature of the thirteenth century references to the land and the language of Ashkenaz often occur. See especially Solomon ben Adret's Responsa (vol. i., No. 395); the Responsa of Asher ben Jehiel (pp. 4, 6); his "Halakot" (Berakot i. 12, ed. Wilna, p. 10); the work of his son Jacob ben Asher, "Tur Orah Hayyim" (lix.); the Responsa of Isaac ben Sheshet (Nos. 193, 268, 270). The first use of the name comes from a midrash about the descendants of Japheth (Genesis 10.1.) In the midrash compilation Genesis Rabbah, Rabbi Berechiah mentions "Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah" as German tribes or as German.
Balanjar - Balanjar, according to the Arab chroniclers Ibn al-Faqih and Abu al-Fida, was named Balanjar ibn Japheth. Until the early 720s, Balanjar served as the capital of Khazaria. Around 722 or 723, Arab soldiers headed north and attacked Balanjar. The inhabitants of Balanjar tried to defend their town by fastening 3,000 wagons together and circling them around the key fortress on high terrain. The Khazars were defeated in the attack. The Arabs murdered and enslaved many innocent people, and ultimately the surviving Balanjar residents had to flee to other towns, including Samandar. The victorious Arab army stole much booty and the soldiers received large sums of money..
Blacks and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - least to cause them to be dissatisfied with their situations in this life, thereby jeopardizing the lives of men". (D&C 135:12). Despite these reassurances, however, the racial issue was one of the many factors that eventially led to the Mormon expulsion from Missouri. Moreover, early blacks in the Church were admitted to the temple in Kirtland, Ohio, where Elijah Abel received the ordinance of washing and anointing. (See Journal of Zebedee Coltrin). Abel also participated in at least two baptisms for the dead in Nauvoo, Illinois. By 1839, there were about a dozen blacks in the church. (Late Persecution of the Church of Latter-day Saints, 1840). Nauvoo, Illinois was reported to have 22 blacks, including free and slave between 1839-1843. Beginning in 1842, Joseph Smith, Jr adopted an increasingly strong position.
Caim - Brittonum (known in the 9th century version by Nennius). The Lebor Bretnach, greatly modifies the line, making emendations to earlier sources and tracing the line through Ham rather than Japheth with further spurious names: Dardain m. Ioib m. Sadoirn m. Peil m. Palloir m. Zorastres m. Mesraim m. Caim Of Cain, originator of murder, consigned to Hell by early Christian writers, much may be elaborated by willing imaginations deprived of access to libraries..
Tubal - the following two accounts, and the commentary below: 1) Torah and subsequent sources: The Book of Genesis (chap. x.) gives us the descendants of Noah's three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. We are told that the sons of Japheth were Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. We are then given the names of the descendants of Gomer and Javan, but not of Magog. Josephus says the sons of Magog were the Scythians. The Irish annals take up the genealogy of Magog's family where the Bible leaves it. The Book of Invasions, the "Cin of Drom-Snechta," claims that these Scythians were the Ph nicians; and we are told that a branch of this family were driven out of Egypt in the time of Moses: "He.
Saadia Gaon - of fifty, of "black gall" (melancholia), repeated illnesses having undermined his health. Works Exegesis: Saadia translated into Arabic most, if not all, of the Bible, adding an Arabic commentary, although there is no citation from the books of Chronicles. Hebrew Linguistics: (1) Agron (2) Kutub al-Lughah (3) "Tafsir al-Sab'ina Lafẓah," a list of seventy (properly ninety) Hebrew (and Aramaic) words which occur in the Bible only once or very rarely, and which may be explained from traditional literature, especially from the Neo-Hebraisms of the Mishnah. This small work has been frequently reprinted. Halakhic Writings: (1) Short monographs in which problems of Jewish law are systematically presented. Of these Arabic treatises of Saadia's little but the titles and extracts is known and it is only in the "Kitab al-Mawarith" that fragments of.
Sons of Noah - all of humanity is descended from Noah through his three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. In Genesis 10, the Bible describes the genealogies of these sons of Noah and their relationship to the various peoples and places familiar to the biblical authors. Disputed Genealogies These genealogies cover many of the ancient peoples who lived in the Mediterranean Basin, including the Greek islands, North Africa, Turkey, the Near East, Persia, and the Caucasus. Nevertheless, while some of the eponymous ancestors of the peoples mentioned in these lists are easily identifiable (e.g. Mizraim, which is identified with Egypt), others are subject of dispute among scholars. In some instances, names repeat themselves in different listings. Dodanim (10:4) is listed as a son of Javan (possibly identified with the Ionians) the son of Japheth and.
Noah - name means "rest". According to the account in Genesis, he lived five hundred years, and then he and his wife had three sons, Sem or Shem, Ham, and Japheth (Gen. 5:32). Noah's wife is not named in the Bible; according to Jewish tradition her name is Naamah. Biblical fundamentalists assert that the story of Noah is a true story, and some claim that there is evidence for Noah's ark at what they describe as the Biblical Mount Ararat. Some have also claimed that the biblical story of the descent of mankind from Noah's sons is also literally true: see sons of Noah for a discussion of this idea. Most historians, however, believe that there is no evidence that Noah was a historical figure, or that the great flood occurred. They point.
