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===Claims of descent from Dan===
===Claims of descent from Dan===
[[Simon Magus]], also known as Simon the Sorcerer and Simon the Magician, came from the village of Gitta (also spelled Getta) in Samaria, according to [[Justin Martyr]];<ref>Joseph B. Mayor "The Epistle of St. Jude and the Second Epistle of St. Peter" London: Macmillan and Co. (1907) Page clxxviii: "From this account we learn that Simon, before his baptism, claimed to be magnus quidam, a mysterious being, whom his followers regarded as 'that potency of God which is called great.' His teaching and his claims are more fully given by his compatriot Justin Martyr, who tells us that Simon was born in the village of Gitta in Samaria (Apol. i. 26), and was honoured by almost all the Samaritans"</ref> a site settled by the tribe of Dan according to [[Josephus]].<ref>Flavius Josephus "The Famous and Memorable Workes of Iosephvs" G.Bishop, S.Waterson, P. Short and Tho. Adams. (1602) - Page 106: "To them of Dan was assigned the valley that is extended to the Westward, and is terminated by the Cities of Azoth and Dor, that containeth all the countrey of Iamnia and Gitta, from Akaron even unto that mountaine where beginneth the tribe of Iuda."</ref><ref>John Gill "An Exposition of the Whole Old Testament" London: George Keith (1780) Vol. 3, page 134: "This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan. Before described by its cities, which were in it. This tribe was bounded by Ephraim on the north, by Judah on the east, by Simeon on the south, and by the Mediterranean sea on the west. Josephus (h) says, the Danites enjoyed the vale which lies to the setting sun, bounded by Azotus and Doris, and all Jamnia and Getta, from Accaron (or Ekron) to the mountain from whence the tribe of Judah begins."</ref> Justin, who was himself a 2nd-century native of Samaria, wrote that nearly all the Samaritans in his time were adherents of Simon.
[[Simon Magus]], also known as Simon the Sorcerer and Simon the Magician, came from the village of Gitta (also spelled Getta) in Samaria, according to [[Justin Martyr]];<ref>Joseph B. Mayor "The Epistle of St. Jude and the Second Epistle of St. Peter" London: Macmillan and Co. (1907) Page clxxviii: "From this account we learn that Simon, before his baptism, claimed to be magnus quidam, a mysterious being, whom his followers regarded as 'that potency of God which is called great.' His teaching and his claims are more fully given by his compatriot Justin Martyr, who tells us that Simon was born in the village of Gitta in Samaria (Apol. i. 26), and was honoured by almost all the Samaritans"</ref> a site settled by the tribe of Dan according to [[Josephus]].<ref>Flavius Josephus "The Famous and Memorable Workes of Iosephvs" G.Bishop, S.Waterson, P. Short and Tho. Adams. (1602) - Page 106: "To them of Dan was assigned the valley that is extended to the Westward, and is terminated by the Cities of Azoth and Dor, that containeth all the countrey of Iamnia and Gitta, from Akaron even unto that mountaine where beginneth the tribe of Iuda."</ref><ref>John Gill "An Exposition of the Whole Old Testament" London: George Keith (1780) Vol. 3, page 134: "This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan. Before described by its cities, which were in it. This tribe was bounded by Ephraim on the north, by Judah on the east, by Simeon on the south, and by the Mediterranean sea on the west. Josephus (h) says, the Danites enjoyed the vale which lies to the setting sun, bounded by Azotus and Doris, and all Jamnia and Getta, from Accaron (or Ekron) to the mountain from whence the tribe of Judah begins."</ref> Justin, who was himself a 2nd-century native of Samaria, wrote that nearly all the Samaritans in his time were adherents of Simon. Surviving orthodox texts, such as those of [[Irenaeus]], [[Justin Martyr]], [[Hippolytus of Rome|Hippolytus]], and [[Epiphanius of Salamis|Epiphanius]], regarded Simon as the source of all [[Christian heresy|heresies]], including [[Gnosticism]].


[[Ethiopian Jews]], also known as [[Beta Israel]], claim descent from the Tribe of Dan, whose members migrated south along with members of the tribes of [[Tribe of Gad|Gad]], [[Tribe of Asher|Asher]], and [[Tribe of Naphtali|Naphtali]], into the [[Kingdom of Kush]], now [[Ethiopia]] and [[Sudan]],<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=sjO8JOSKDCMC "From tragedy to triumph: the politics behind the rescue of Ethiopian Jewry"], Mitchell Geoffrey Bard. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002. {{ISBN|0-275-97000-0}}, {{ISBN|978-0-275-97000-0}}. p. 2</ref> during the destruction of the [[First Temple]]. This position is supported by former Sephardic Chief Rabbi [[Ovadia Yosef]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=eK-8KYhnTVkC "Ideology, policy, and practice: education for immigrants and minorities in Israel today"], Devorah Kalekin-Fishman. Springer, 2004. {{ISBN|1-4020-8073-5}}, {{ISBN|978-1-4020-8073-9}}. p. 274</ref> They are said to have fought with the natives.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=qaIs-xV5sHcC "The image of the Black in Jewish culture: a history of the other"], Abraham Melamed. Psychology Press, 2003. {{ISBN|0-7007-1587-8}}, {{ISBN|978-0-7007-1587-9}}. p. 153</ref> Charles Upton relates the serpent [[Haitian Vodou|voodoo]] God [[Damballa|Danbhala]] as derived in part from a heterodox form of Ethiopian Judaism.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=CwUo8zcsinoC "The system of Antichrist: truth & falsehood in postmodernism and the New Age Religious"], Charles Upton. Sophia Perennis, 2005. {{ISBN|0-900588-38-1}}, {{ISBN|978-0-900588-38-9}}. p. 441</ref>
[[Ethiopian Jews]], also known as [[Beta Israel]], claim descent from the Tribe of Dan, whose members migrated south along with members of the tribes of [[Tribe of Gad|Gad]], [[Tribe of Asher|Asher]], and [[Tribe of Naphtali|Naphtali]], into the [[Kingdom of Kush]], now [[Ethiopia]] and [[Sudan]],<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=sjO8JOSKDCMC "From tragedy to triumph: the politics behind the rescue of Ethiopian Jewry"], Mitchell Geoffrey Bard. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002. {{ISBN|0-275-97000-0}}, {{ISBN|978-0-275-97000-0}}. p. 2</ref> during the destruction of the [[First Temple]]. This position is supported by former Sephardic Chief Rabbi [[Ovadia Yosef]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=eK-8KYhnTVkC "Ideology, policy, and practice: education for immigrants and minorities in Israel today"], Devorah Kalekin-Fishman. Springer, 2004. {{ISBN|1-4020-8073-5}}, {{ISBN|978-1-4020-8073-9}}. p. 274</ref> They are said to have fought with the natives.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=qaIs-xV5sHcC "The image of the Black in Jewish culture: a history of the other"], Abraham Melamed. Psychology Press, 2003. {{ISBN|0-7007-1587-8}}, {{ISBN|978-0-7007-1587-9}}. p. 153</ref> Charles Upton relates the serpent [[Haitian Vodou|voodoo]] God [[Damballa|Danbhala]] as derived in part from a heterodox form of Ethiopian Judaism.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=CwUo8zcsinoC "The system of Antichrist: truth & falsehood in postmodernism and the New Age Religious"], Charles Upton. Sophia Perennis, 2005. {{ISBN|0-900588-38-1}}, {{ISBN|978-0-900588-38-9}}. p. 441</ref>

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The Tribe of Dan (

tribes of Israel, according to the Torah. They were allocated a coastal portion of land when the people of Israel entered the Promised Land
, later moving northwards.

Biblical narrative

The initial territory of Dan appears in dark green north of Philistia on this map of the tribes.
The Dan tribe's serpent plate on the Heichal Shlomo's door in Jerusalem.

In the Biblical

Priestly Source, dating it to around the 7th century BC, and more likely to reflect the biases of its authors.[2][3] In the Blessing of Moses, which some textual scholars regard as dating from only slightly earlier than the deuteronomist,[2] Dan is prophesied to "leap from Bashan"; scholars are uncertain why this should be since the tribe did not live in the Bashan plain, east of the Jordan River.[4]

Conquest and territory

According to the biblical narrative, following the completion of the conquest of

Israelite tribes after about 1200 BCE,[5] Joshua allocated the land among the twelve tribes. Dan was the last tribe to receive its territorial inheritance.[6][7] The land originally allocated to Dan was a small enclave in the central coastal area of Canaan, between Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim and the Philistines.[8]

To the north the territory of Dan abutted Joppa, the modern

Sorek Valley, the camp location becoming known as Mahaneh Dan ("Camps of Dan"). (Joshua 19) The region they were trying to settle extended south into the Shephelah in the area of Timnah; as a result, the modern state of Israel refers to the region as Gush Dan
(the Dan area).

From after the conquest of the land by Joshua until the formation of the first

Judges.[9]

The most celebrated Danite was

judge from the period of settlement in the lands allotted by Joshua. Pnina Galpaz-Feller sees similarities between the story of Samson and Denyen tribal legends.[9]

As a consequence of the pressure from the Philistines, the tribe abandoned hopes of settling near the central coast, instead migrating to the north of Philistine territory, and after conquering

Laish, refounded it as their capital (renaming it Dan) (Judges 18). Thus their territory in the end lay northeast of that of Naphtali, east of the upper Jordan River, near its eastern sources, and defining the northern extent of the land of the Israelites. A number of biblical texts thus refer to "All Israel, from Dan to Beersheba
".

United Monarchy

With the growth of the threat from Philistine incursions, the Israelite tribes decided to form a strong centralised monarchy to meet the challenge, and the Tribe of Dan joined the new kingdom with Saul as the first king. After the death of Saul, all the tribes other than Judah remained loyal to the House of Saul. But after the death of Ish-bosheth, Saul's son and successor to the throne of Israel, the Tribe of Dan joined the other northern Israelite tribes in making David, who was then the king of Judah, king of a re-united Kingdom of Israel.[10] The tribe provided substantial military support for the kingdom in the form of 28,600 soldiers, being considered "experts in war".[11]

Northern Kingdom of Israel

However, on the accession of Rehoboam, David's grandson, in c. 930 BC the northern tribes split from the House of David to re-form a Kingdom of Israel as the Northern Kingdom.[10]

Assyrian conquest and demise

As part of the

their further history being lost
.

Claims of descent from Dan

heresies, including Gnosticism
.

First Temple. This position is supported by former Sephardic Chief Rabbi Ovadia Yosef.[16] They are said to have fought with the natives.[17] Charles Upton relates the serpent voodoo God Danbhala as derived in part from a heterodox form of Ethiopian Judaism.[18]

Characteristics

Their primary trade characteristic was seafaring, unusual for the Israelite tribes.

Song of Deborah the tribe is said to have stayed on their ships with their belongings.[20][21][22]

Iconography

The scales of justice emblem of the tribe of Dan.

Modern artists use the "scales of justice" to represent the Tribe of Dan due to Genesis 49:16 referencing Dan "shall achieve justice for his kindred". More traditional artists use a snake to represent Dan, based upon Genesis 49:17, "Let Dan be a serpent by the roadside, a horned viper by the path, That bites the horse's heel, so that the rider tumbles backward."

Book of Revelation

twelve tribes does not include the names of Ephraim and Dan, although their names were used for the twelve tribes that settled in the Promised Land. It has been suggested that this could be because of their pagan practices.[23] This led Irenaeus, Hippolytus of Rome and some Millennialists to propose that the Antichrist will come from the tribe of Dan.[24][25]

See also

References

  1. ^ Numbers 1:39
  2. ^
    ISBN 0-06-063035-3
  3. ^ "NUMBERS, BOOK OF - JewishEncyclopedia.com". www.jewishencyclopedia.com.
  4. ^ a b "DAN - JewishEncyclopedia.com". www.jewishencyclopedia.com.
  5. ISBN 0-8028-4960-1
    )
  6. ^ Petrie, George Laurens (March 23, 1910). "Jacob's Sons". Neale – via Google Books.
  7. ^ Butler, James Glentworth. "The Bible-work, the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1st and 2nd Samuel, 1 Chronicles XI., 1 Kings I-XI., 2 Chronicles I-IX", Funk & Wagnalls, 1889. p. 129
  8. ^ "The New American Bible - IntraText". www.vatican.va.
  9. ^
    ISBN 978-3-03910-852-7
    . p. 278-282
  10. ^ a b Boda, Sharon La (March 23, 1994). "International Dictionary of Historic Places: Middle East and Africa". Taylor & Francis – via Google Books.
  11. ^ "1 Chronicles 12:35", King James Bible Online. Retrieved 15 may 2018
  12. ^ Joseph B. Mayor "The Epistle of St. Jude and the Second Epistle of St. Peter" London: Macmillan and Co. (1907) Page clxxviii: "From this account we learn that Simon, before his baptism, claimed to be magnus quidam, a mysterious being, whom his followers regarded as 'that potency of God which is called great.' His teaching and his claims are more fully given by his compatriot Justin Martyr, who tells us that Simon was born in the village of Gitta in Samaria (Apol. i. 26), and was honoured by almost all the Samaritans"
  13. ^ Flavius Josephus "The Famous and Memorable Workes of Iosephvs" G.Bishop, S.Waterson, P. Short and Tho. Adams. (1602) - Page 106: "To them of Dan was assigned the valley that is extended to the Westward, and is terminated by the Cities of Azoth and Dor, that containeth all the countrey of Iamnia and Gitta, from Akaron even unto that mountaine where beginneth the tribe of Iuda."
  14. ^ John Gill "An Exposition of the Whole Old Testament" London: George Keith (1780) Vol. 3, page 134: "This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan. Before described by its cities, which were in it. This tribe was bounded by Ephraim on the north, by Judah on the east, by Simeon on the south, and by the Mediterranean sea on the west. Josephus (h) says, the Danites enjoyed the vale which lies to the setting sun, bounded by Azotus and Doris, and all Jamnia and Getta, from Accaron (or Ekron) to the mountain from whence the tribe of Judah begins."
  15. ISBN 978-0-275-97000-0
    . p. 2
  16. ISBN 978-1-4020-8073-9
    . p. 274
  17. ISBN 978-0-7007-1587-9
    . p. 153
  18. ISBN 978-0-900588-38-9
    . p. 441
  19. ^ Mediterranean archaeology, Volume 16. University of Sydney. Dept. of Archaeology. 2003. p. 117
  20. ISBN 978-0-691-00968-1
    . p. 59
  21. ISBN 978-965-223-651-7
    . p. 97
  22. ISBN 978-0-8028-4962-5
    . p. 270
  23. ISBN 978-0-8028-2805-7
    . p. 83
  24. ISBN 978-0-8264-6657-0
    . p. 4
  25. ISBN 978-0-19-973588-4
    . p. 371
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