Meshech
In the Bible, Meshech or Mosoch (
1 Chronicles
1:5.
Another Meshech is named as a son of Shem in 1 Chronicles 1:17 (corresponding to the form Mash in Genesis 10).
Historical interpretations
Meshech is mentioned along with
Mazaca. In Hippolytus of Rome's chronicle (234 AD), the "Illyrians" were identified as Meshech's offspring. In addition, Georgians have traditions that they, and other Caucasus people such as Armenians, share descent from Meshech (Georgian: Meskheti), Tubal, and Togarmah
.
In 1498,
Samothes had begun settling what later became Gaul in the 13th year of Nimrod. Later historians such as Raphael Holinshed
(1577) identified Samothes as Meshech, and asserted that he first ruled also in Britain.
Beginning from the 16th century, some European scholars proposed the idea that the Muscovites had stemmed from Meshech.
Philipp Melanchthon (1497–1560) and to Benito Arias Montano (1571), and it was also followed later by Jonathan Edwards
(1703–1758).
Moreover, according to a legend first appearing in the Yauza River.[3]
According to Archibald Sayce, Meshech can be identified with Muska, a name appearing in Assyrian inscriptions, and generally believed to refer to the Mushki.[4]
Most reference books since Flavius Josephus generally identify Meshech in Ezekiel's time as an area in modern Turkey.[5]
See also
References
- ^ From Historical Textbook and Atlas of Biblical Geography by Coleman (1854)
- ^ «История российская» В. Н. Татищев Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- ^ The First Records of Moscow Archived 2007-12-16 at the Wayback Machine
- S2CID 221079606. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
- ^ International Dictionary of Historic Places: Southern Europe Trudy Ring, Robert M. Salkin, Sharon La Boda - 1994 - Page 288 1884964028 "The Hebrew Bible also mentions both Tubal (Tabal) and Meshech (Muski)"