conquest of the Minæans had led to a settlement in Yemen. V.28[P2: 28] (J), however, presupposes the southern settlement.[1]
(11) (
Hebrew characters) ((Greek characters), (Greek characters); but elsewhere (Greek characters), etc.)] a merchant tribe
mentioned along with Sheba in 253 (= 1 Ch. 132) and Ezk. 3813; with
Tema (the modern Teima, c. 230 miles N of Medina) in Is. 2113, Jer. 2523,
and G of Gn. 253; and in Jer. 498, Ezk. 2513 as a neighbour of Edom.
All this points to a region in the N of Arabia; and as the only other
reference (Ezk. 2720)—in 2715 the text is corrupt—is consistent with this,
there is no need to postulate another Dedan on the Persian Gulf (Boch.
al.) or anywhere else. Glaser (397) very suitably locates the Dedanites
"in the neighbourhood of Khaibar, el-Ola, El-Hiǧr, extending perhaps
beyond Teima,"—a region intersected by the trade-routes from all parts
of Arabia (see the map in EB, iv. 5160); and where the name is probably
perpetuated in the ruins of Daidan, W of Teima (Di.). The name
occurs both in Minæan and Sabæan inscrs. (Glaser, 397 ff.; Müller,
ZDMG, xxx. 122), but not in the Greek or Roman geographers.—The
older tradition of J (253) recognises a closer kinship of the Israelites
with Sheba and Dedan, by making them sons of Joḳshan and descendants
of Abraham through Ḳeturah (v. ad loc.). (An intermediate stage seems
represented by 1025-29, where S Arabia is assigned to the descendants of
'Eber). P follows the steps of 253 by bracketing the two tribes as sons
of Ra'mah: whether he knew them as comparatively recent offshoots of
the Kushite stock is not so certain.
22, 23, 31. The Shemitic or Eastern Group.—With
the doubtful exception of (Hebrew characters) (see below) the nations here
mentioned all lie on the E. of Palestine, and are probably
arranged in geographical order from SE to NW, till they
join hands with the Japhethites.
Shem.
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6. Uẓ. 7. Ḥul. 8. Gether. 9. Mash.
(1) (Hebrew characters) ((Greek characters))] Ass. Elamtu,[2] the name of "the great plain E of
the lower Tigris and N of the Persian Gulf, together with the mountainous
region enclosing it on the N and E" (Del. Par. 320), corresponding
to the later Elymäis or Susiana. The district round Susa was in very
- ↑ See Mey. GA1, i. § 403; Glaser, ii. 399 ff.; Sprenger, ZDMG, xliv. 501 ff.; Margoliouth, DB, i. 133, iv. 479 ff.; Hom. AHT, 77 ff., and in EBL, 728 ff.; KAT3, 148 ff.; ATLO2, 265.
- ↑ Commonly explained as 'highland' (Schr. Del. Hwb. etc.), but according to Jen. (ZA, vi. 1702, xi. 351) = 'front-land,' i.e. 'East land.'
