Tribe of Asher
Tribes of Israel |
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According to the
Biblical narrative
According to the biblical
In the biblical account, Joshua assigned to Asher western and coastal
]From after the conquest of the land by Joshua until the formation of the first
On the accession of
The
Family tree
Asher | Hadurah | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Imnah | Ishvah | Ishvi | Beriah | Serah (daughter) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Heber | Malkiel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Archaeological evidence
A group referred to as Aseru, living in a similar region to Asher, are mentioned in Egyptian documents made by or for
Territory
Despite the connection to this general geographic region, it is difficult to determine from the Torah the exact boundaries of the tribe, to the extent that it is even uncertain whether Asher even had continuous territory.[13] Sites which according to the Bible were allocated to Asher, and whose locations have since been identified, appear to be a scattered distribution of settlements rather than a compact and well-defined tribal region.[13] Perhaps because of the situation that its territory was in the area that was controlled by Phoenicia, Asher appears, throughout its history, to have been fairly disconnected from the other tribes of Israel; additionally it seems to have taken little part in the antagonism portrayed in the Torah between the Canaanites and the other tribes, for example in the war involving Barak and Sisera.[13]
Critical scholars generally conclude that Asher consisted of certain clans that were affiliated with portions of the Israelite tribal confederation, but were never incorporated into the body politic.[13] Another indication for this is that Asher together with Reuben and Gad (also detached) are the only tribes of which no person has ever been identified by name after the conquest and Asher and Gad are the only tribes not mentioned in the list of heads of tribes in I Chronicles 27.
Places
- Biblical place described in the Book of Joshua.[14]
Immigration
References
- ISBN 0-8028-4960-1)
- ^ Waltke, Bruce (1990), "The Date of the Conquest" (Westminster Theological Journal 52.2 (Fall 1990): 181-200.) [1]
- ISBN 978-0-8010-2871-7.
Besides the rejection of the Albrightian 'conquest' model, the general consensus among OT scholars is that the Book of Joshua has no value in the historical reconstruction. They see the book as an ideological retrojection from a later period — either as early as the reign of Josiah or as late as the Hasmonean period.
- ISBN 90-04-11554-4.
- ISBN 978-0-19-939387-9.
- ^ Joshua 19:24–31
- ^ This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
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(help) - ^ Deuteronomy 33:24–25
- ^ Peake's Commentary on the Bible
- ^ 2 Samuel 2:9–10
- ^ Luke 2:36
- ^ A Dictionary of the Bible, Volume IV, Part II - page 810
- ^ a b c d Jewish Encyclopedia
- ^ http://biblehub.com/topical/a/alammelech.htm Biblehub
- ISBN 978-0-275-97000-0. p. 2
External links
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Easton, Matthew George (1897). "Asher". Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons.