Mesech
Meschech or Mesech ( Hebrew משך) was a son of Jafet and a grandson of Noah . His brothers were Madai , Gomer , Magog , Jawan , Tubal and Tiras ( Gen 10.2 EU ). Tribal areas or peoples are assigned to these brothers.
Meschech is often used in conjunction with tubal in the Bible. Both peoples come from midnight, i.e. the north. A geographical neighborhood can therefore be assumed. For example, Ezekiel uses both names several times as a regional designation and relates them to Gog :
- But you man should announce my judgment to Gog and say to him: Thus says the Lord, the mighty God: You are dealing with me, Gog, you Grand Duke of the peoples of Meschech and Tubal! ( Ez 39.1 EU )
The outcome of Gog's endeavor was disastrous for the country of Meschech:
- “On that day,” says the Lord, “I choose a burial place for Gog in the Land of Israel : the caravan valley east of the Dead Sea . He and his whole army will be buried there. The burial mound will be so big that it blocks the whole valley and nobody can go through it. The valley will be called the valley of Gog's army. ” ( Ez 39.11 EU ).
Localization
In the modern age, the localization of the mesech was controversial. Pastor W. Krücke equated them with the massagers , Alans and Tatars . 1897 continued Morris Jastrow the Muski , even Mushki (he preferred the reading Muski), the inscriptions from Khorsabad and the annals of Sargon with the Biblical Meshech equal and assumed that in the Taurus Mountains was lying.
Some researchers equated the muski with the moschoi (Μόσχοι) of Greek sources, which Flavius Josephus in turn identified with the biblical mešech. The equation of Mesech with the Moschers followed, among others, Samuel Bochart , Johann David Michaelis and Johannes Schulthess . Today the Muški are usually equated with the Phrygians , Gog with Gyges accordingly .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Explanation of the table of nations in the first book of Moses. Bonn 1837, 35
- ↑ Morris Jastrow Jr., Mešek and Tabal. American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures 13/3, 1897, 217
- ^ E. Dhorme, Les Peuples issus de Japhet d'après le chapitre X de la Genèse. Syria 13/1, 1932, 28-49
- ^ Samuel Bochart, Geographia sacra seu Phaleg et Chanaan. Frankfurt 1681
- ↑ Spicilegium geographiae Hebraeorum exterae. Göttingen 1769/1780
- ^ The Paradise, the earthly and the supernatural etc. Zurich 1816
- ^ Paul E. Zimansky, Archaeological inquiries into ethno-linguistic diversity in Urartu. In: Robert Drews (ed.), Greater Anatolia and the Indo-Hittite language family (Washington: Institute for the Study of Man, 2001), 16