Togarma
Togarma ( Hebrew תֹגַרְמָֽה, ancient Greek θοργαμα ) is in the Old Testament the third son of Gomer , a grandson of Jafet and a great grandson of Noach . It appears in the table of nations in Gen 10.3 EU and 1 Chr 1.6 EU .
Biblical report
Two Togarmas brothers are mentioned in the table of nations, Ashkenaz and Rifat . The section of the Table of Nations Gen 10.1–4a EU , in which Togarma and his brothers are mentioned, belongs to the priestly scriptures .
In Ez 27.14 EU and 38.6 EU , Togarma is mentioned as a place name or name of a group of people Bet-Togarma (in German "House Togarmas"). In an audition of the prophet Ezekiel , Bet-Togarma and Gomer are allied with Magog, Meschech and Tubal and go to war against Israel. But God judges them and thwarted their campaign ( Ez 38,18-21 EU ).
Extra-biblical
The Jewish historian Flavius Josephus (37 - c. 100 AD) and the church fathers Jerome (c. 347 - 420 AD) and Isidore of Seville (c. 560 - 636 AD) regarded Togarma as the father of the Phrygians .
In the history of Armenia by Moses von Choren and the Georgian Chronicles by Leonti Mroweli , Togarma is mentioned as the progenitor of the Armenians and Georgians. As his sons are listed:
Khazarian documents from the 10th century AD , written in Hebrew, see Togarma as the ancestor of all Turkic peoples .
literature
- Claudia Bergmann: Gomer. In: Michaela Bauks, Klaus Koenen, Stefan Alkier (Eds.): The Scientific Biblical Lexicon on the Internet (WiBiLex), Stuttgart 2006 ff.
- Markus Witte: Völkertafel. In: Michaela Bauks, Klaus Koenen, Stefan Alkier (Eds.): The Scientific Biblical Lexicon on the Internet (WiBiLex), Stuttgart 2006 ff.
- Des Moses von Chorene History of Greater Armenia, trans. by M. Lauer, Regensburg 1869 (German)
- The Georgian Chronicle (English)