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Dodanim ( ''Ḏōḏānîm'') or Rodanim, (, (ギリシア語:Ρόδιοι), ''Ródioi'') was, in the Book of Genesis, a son of Javan (thus, a great-grandson of Noah). Dodanim's brothers, according to Genesis 10:4, were Elishah, Tarshish and Chittim.〔(Historical Origins by Robert Shaw )〕 He is usually associated with the people of the island of Rhodes as their progenitor. "-im" is a plural suffix in Hebrew, and the name may refer to the inhabitants of Rhodes.〔(The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia )〕 Traditional Hebrew manuscripts are split between the spellings ''Dodanim'' and ''Rodanim''〔(''Biblica Hebraica'' ) by Rudolf Kittel (1905) gives דודנים in Genesis 10:4 with רודנים listed as a textual variant in the accompanying critical apparatus.〕 — one of which is probably a copyist's error, as the Hebrew letters for R and D are quite similar graphically. The Samaritan Pentateuch, as well as 1 Chronicles 1:7, have ''Rodanim'', while the Septuagint has ''Rodioi''. The Dodanim were considered either kin to the Greeks〔(The Bible Knowledge Commentary: Old Testament )〕 or simply Greeks.〔(HistoricalOrigins )〕〔The western paradise: Greek and Hebrew traditions by James E. Miller, 1996, "The four sons of Javan, Kittim, Elisha, Tarshish and Dodanim, do not divide the Greeks along the lines they divided themselves,"〕 The Targum Pseudo-Jonathan calls his country ''Dordania'', while the Targum Neofiti names it ''Dodonia''.〔''Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible'', Gen 10:4〕 Connections have been suggested with Dodona in Epirus〔''Barnes' Notes on the Bible'' Gen. 10:4〕〔''Clarke's Commentary on the Bible'' Gen 10:4〕 and Dardania in Illyria〔 (as in ''Genesis Rabbah''),〔(Paul and the nations )〕 as well as with the island of Rhodes.〔〔 Samuel Bochart associated the form ''Rodanim'' with the river Rhone's Latin name, ''Rhodanus''.〔 Franz Delitzsch identified the figure of Dodanim with the Dardanus of Greek mythology,〔''Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament'' Gen 10:4〕 while Joseph Mede equated him with the Jupiter ''Dodonaeus'' who had an oracle at Dodona.〔 Kenneth Kitchen discusses two additional possible etymologies. One possibility he suggests is that "both Dodanim and Rodanim have been reduced from Dordanim -- by loss of medial r in Gen. 10:4 (Dordanim > Dodanim) and of an initial d in 1 Chron. 1:7 ( "considerable doubt". In Pseudo-Philo (c. 70), Dodanim's sons are Itheb, Beath, and Phenech; the last of these is made prince of the Japhethites at the time of the Tower of Babel.〔(Philo V:1 "Then came the sons of Cham, and made Nembroth a prince over themselves: but the sons of Japheth made Phenech their chief: and the sons of Sem gathered together and set over them Jectan to be their prince." ), (Philo VI:14 )〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dodanim」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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