Rodanim

The Rodanites , more rarely Dodanites , according to 1 Chronicles 1, 7 are descendants of Jawan , together with Kittim , Elisha and Tarsis (cf. Genesis 4). They are also mentioned in Homer .

Robertson summarized the different localizations of the Rodanites as follows:

Localization

Danuna of the Amarna letters : W. Max Müller
Dorier : Winckler
Dardaner : Targum Jer., Paul Schröder , August Wilhelm Karl Knobel
Resident of Rhodes : Edward Robertson
Cyprus ( Kittim ): Flavius Josephus , Epiphanius von Salamis , Adversus haereses 30, 25

furthermore there are:

Resident of Rhodanus : Samuel Bochart
Dodona : Johann David Michaelis .

Individual evidence

↑ Homer: Iliad II 654 ff.
^ ^A ^b E. Robertson: Notes on Javan . In: The Jewish Quarterly Review 20/3, 1908, p. 473
↑ Orientalist Literature Journal 11, 288 ff
↑ Old Oriental Research 11, 422 ff
↑ The Phoenician language, design a grammar along with voice and handwriting sample, Halle 1869, 99
↑ The Völkertafel der Genesis Ethnographic Investigations, Gießen 1850, 104f.
↑ Geographia sacra seu Phaleg et Chanaan. Caen 1646 / Frankfurt 1681
↑ Spicilegium geographiae Hebraeorum exterae . Göttingen 1769/1780

[1] Homer: Iliad II 654 ff.

[Robertson-2] A ^b E. Robertson: Notes on Javan . In: The Jewish Quarterly Review 20/3, 1908, p. 473

[3] Orientalist Literature Journal 11, 288 ff

[4] Old Oriental Research 11, 422 ff

[5] The Phoenician language, design a grammar along with voice and handwriting sample, Halle 1869, 99

[6] The Völkertafel der Genesis Ethnographic Investigations, Gießen 1850, 104f.

[7] Geographia sacra seu Phaleg et Chanaan. Caen 1646 / Frankfurt 1681

[8] Spicilegium geographiae Hebraeorum exterae . Göttingen 1769/1780