Riphath
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Riphat
)Riphath (
Table of Nations in the Hebrew Bible (Genesis 10:3, 1 Chronicles 1:6). The name appears in some copies of 1 Chronicles as "Diphath", due to the similarities of the characters resh and dalet in the Hebrew and Aramaic
alphabets.
Analysis
His identity is "completely unknown."[1][2]
He was supposed by
Sauromatians (as distinct from the "Sarmatians
", whom he called descendants of Riphath's elder brother, Ashkenaz).
Riphath has often been connected with the Riphean Mountains of classical Greek geography, in whose foothills the Arimaspi (also called Arimphaei[3] or Riphaeans[4]) were said to live.[5] These generally regarded as the western branch of the Ural Mountains.[6]
Celtic peoples, who according to Plutarch had crossed from the Riphaean Mountains while en route to Northern Europe. [7] Smith's Bible Dictionary also forwards Knobel's notion that the Carpathian Mountains "in the northeast of Dacia" is the site of the Riphath or Riphean Mountains. [8]
Some versions of the
Goidels
.
References
- ISBN 978-0-8028-0337-5.
- ISBN 978-0-281-04033-9.
- ^ Pliny, Nat. Hist. l.6.c.2.
- ^ Mela, De Situ Orbis, l.1.c.2.
- ^ Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible, Genesis 10:3.
- ^ The Natural History of Pliny. Vol II. Note 148.
- ^ Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Genesis 10:3.
- ^ Smith, W (1863). A Dictionary of the Bible. p. 1045.