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Josephus refers to Magog son of Japheth as progenitor of Scythians, or peoples north of the Black Sea. [2] According to him, the Greeks called Scythia Magogia. [3] An alternate identification derived from an examination of the order in which tribal names are listed in Ezekiel 38, "would place Magog between Cappadocia and Media."
The Samaritan Torah and the Septuagint (a Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible made during the last few centuries of the pre-Christian era) occasionally introduce the name of Gog where the Hebrew original has something else, or use Magog where the Hebrew has Gog, indicating that the names were interchangeable. [34]
The eponymous Gomer, "standing for the whole family," as the compilers of The Jewish Encyclopedia expressed it, [1] is also mentioned in Book of Ezekiel 38:6 as the ally of Gog, the chief of the land of Magog. The Hebrew name Gomer refers to the Cimmerians, who dwelt in Pontic–Caspian steppe, "beyond the Caucasus", [2] and attacked Assyria in ...
Josephus's paternal grandparents were a man also named Joseph(us) and his wife—an unnamed Hebrew noblewoman—distant relatives of each other. [16] Josephus's family was wealthy. He descended through his father from the priestly order of the Jehoiarib , which was the first of the 24 orders of priests in the Temple in Jerusalem . [ 17 ]
The World as known to the Hebrews. This 1854 map [1] locates Meshech together with Gog and Magog, roughly in the southern Caucasus. In the Bible, Meshech or Mosoch (Hebrew: מֶשֶׁך Mešeḵ "price" or "precious") is named as a son of Japheth in Genesis 10:2 and 1 Chronicles 1:5.
In the preface of Antiquities of the Jews, Josephus provides his motivation for composing such a large work.He writes: Now I have undertaken the present work, as thinking it will appear to all the Greeks worthy of their study; for it will contain all our antiquities, and the constitution of our government, as interpreted out of the Hebrew Scriptures.
Articles relating to Gog and Magog, variously identified in the Hebrew Bible, the Christian Bible, and the Quran as individuals, tribes, or lands. Pages in category "Gog and Magog" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
The Sefer haYashar ("Book of Jasher"), written by Talmudic rabbis in the 17th century (first printed in 1625), ostensibly based on an earlier edition of 1552, provides some new names for Japheth's grandchildren: Gomer (sons were Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah [17]) Magog (sons were Elichanaf and Lubal [18]) Madai (sons were Achon, Zeelo ...