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310: 185:"And for Ashur came forth the second Portion, all the land of Ashur and Nineveh and Shinar and to the border of India, and it ascends and skirts the river." 197:"Ashur lived at the city of Nineveh; and named his subjects Assyrians, who became the most fortunate nation, beyond others" (Antiquities, i, vi, 4). 147: 146:) to reciting past scholarship regarding the question of whether it had been Nimrod or Ashur who built the cities in Assyria. Both the 360: 549: 162:
translations of Genesis 10:11-12, by explicitly crediting Ashur as the founder of the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth,
124: 524: 353: 324: 181:, affirms that the contested lands in Genesis 10:8–12 were apportioned to Ashur. Jubilees 9:3 states, 539: 529: 210: 243: 346: 239: 8: 451: 369: 151: 132: 424: 414: 394: 52: 338: 544: 409: 386: 235: 190: 178: 174: 92: 373: 215: 108: 48: 285: 271:
VanderKam, "Jubilees, Book of" in L. H. Schiffman and J. C. VanderKam (eds.),
534: 518: 478: 40: 436: 112: 404: 155: 44: 95:, there was contention in academic circles regarding whether Ashur or 234: 465: 170: 128: 498: 461: 441: 428: 159: 104: 100: 163: 116: 96: 503: 493: 488: 483: 473: 446: 382: 83: 36: 32: 177:, affirmed by the 15 Jubilees scrolls found amongst the 123:
can refer to both the person and the country (compare
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The sacred and profane history of the world connected
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Ashur had three sons called Phares, Mirus and Mokil.
275:, Oxford University Press (2000), Vol. I, p. 435. 516: 329:Sefer Ha-yashar, or, the Book of Jasher (1840) 354: 23: 361: 347: 189:The 1st century Judaeo-Roman historian 517: 342: 273:Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls 193:also gives the following statement: 24: 13: 14: 561: 248:, vol. 1, pp. 106–107 317: 303: 278: 265: 252: 228: 91:Prior to the discovery of the 1: 221: 140: 135:devoted several pages in his 154:clarify the language of the 7: 204: 10: 566: 550:Mythological city founders 460: 423: 381: 79: 67: 60: 39:. Ashur's brothers were 31:) was the second son of 525:Book of Genesis people 290:www.pseudepigrapha.com 199: 187: 240:James Talboys Wheeler 195: 183: 152:1611 King James Bible 260:History of the World 137:History of the World 370:Descendants of Noah 133:Sir Walter Raleigh 512: 511: 119:, since the name 89: 88: 557: 540:Book of Jubilees 530:Noach (parashah) 363: 356: 349: 340: 339: 333: 332: 321: 315: 314: 307: 301: 300: 298: 296: 282: 276: 269: 263: 258:Walter Raleigh, 256: 250: 249: 236:Samuel Shuckford 232: 191:Flavius Josephus 179:Dead Sea Scrolls 175:Book of Jubilees 145: 142: 93:Dead Sea Scrolls 58: 57: 27: 26: 565: 564: 560: 559: 558: 556: 555: 554: 515: 514: 513: 508: 456: 419: 377: 367: 337: 336: 323: 322: 318: 309: 308: 304: 294: 292: 284: 283: 279: 270: 266: 257: 253: 233: 229: 224: 216:Assyrian people 207: 173:version of the 148:JPS Tanakh 1917 143: 129:Genesis 10:8–12 125:Genesis 10:8–12 74: 72: 63: 17: 12: 11: 5: 563: 553: 552: 547: 542: 537: 532: 527: 510: 509: 507: 506: 501: 496: 491: 486: 481: 476: 470: 468: 458: 457: 455: 454: 449: 444: 439: 433: 431: 421: 420: 418: 417: 412: 407: 402: 397: 391: 389: 379: 378: 366: 365: 358: 351: 343: 335: 334: 316: 302: 277: 264: 251: 226: 225: 223: 220: 219: 218: 213: 206: 203: 87: 86: 81: 77: 76: 69: 65: 64: 61: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 562: 551: 548: 546: 543: 541: 538: 536: 533: 531: 528: 526: 523: 522: 520: 505: 502: 500: 497: 495: 492: 490: 487: 485: 482: 480: 477: 475: 472: 471: 469: 467: 463: 459: 453: 450: 448: 445: 443: 440: 438: 435: 434: 432: 430: 426: 422: 416: 413: 411: 408: 406: 403: 401: 398: 396: 393: 392: 390: 388: 384: 380: 375: 371: 364: 359: 357: 352: 350: 345: 344: 341: 330: 326: 320: 312: 306: 291: 287: 281: 274: 268: 261: 255: 247: 246: 241: 237: 231: 227: 217: 214: 212: 209: 208: 202: 198: 194: 192: 186: 182: 180: 176: 172: 167: 166:, and Resen. 165: 161: 157: 153: 149: 138: 134: 130: 126: 122: 118: 114: 110: 106: 102: 98: 94: 85: 82: 78: 70: 66: 59: 56: 54: 50: 46: 42: 38: 35:, the son of 34: 30: 21: 399: 328: 319: 305: 293:. Retrieved 289: 286:"Jubilees 9" 280: 272: 267: 259: 254: 244: 230: 200: 196: 188: 184: 168: 136: 120: 90: 28: 19: 18: 325:"Chapter 7" 295:17 November 144: 1616 113:Rehoboth-Ir 16:Son of Shem 519:Categories 405:Arpachshad 262:p. 358–365 222:References 156:Septuagint 103:cities of 99:built the 466:Japhetic 242:(1858), 205:See also 150:and the 101:Assyrian 68:Children 45:Arphaxad 25:אַשּׁוּר 545:Nineveh 499:Meshech 462:Japheth 442:Mizraim 429:Hamitic 387:Semitic 374:Genesis 160:Vulgate 127:AV and 105:Nineveh 452:Canaan 311:"news" 211:Ashuri 131:ESV). 97:Nimrod 80:Parent 71:Phares 51:, and 29:ʾAššūr 504:Tiras 494:Tubal 489:Javan 484:Madai 479:Magog 474:Gomer 400:Ashur 171:Ge'ez 164:Calah 121:Ashur 117:Calah 109:Resen 75:Mokil 73:Mirus 62:Ashur 20:Ashur 535:Shem 464:and 447:Phut 437:Cush 427:and 415:Aram 395:Elam 385:and 383:Shem 297:2017 169:The 158:and 115:and 84:Shem 53:Aram 41:Elam 37:Noah 33:Shem 425:Ham 410:Lud 372:in 49:Lud 521:: 376:10 327:. 288:. 238:; 141:c. 111:, 107:, 55:. 47:, 43:, 362:e 355:t 348:v 331:. 313:. 299:. 139:( 22:(

Index

Shem
Noah
Elam
Arphaxad
Lud
Aram
Shem
Dead Sea Scrolls
Nimrod
Assyrian
Nineveh
Resen
Rehoboth-Ir
Calah
Genesis 10:8–12
Genesis 10:8–12
Sir Walter Raleigh
JPS Tanakh 1917
1611 King James Bible
Septuagint
Vulgate
Calah
Ge'ez
Book of Jubilees
Dead Sea Scrolls
Flavius Josephus
Ashuri
Assyrian people
Samuel Shuckford
James Talboys Wheeler

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