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Madai (, ; Greek: Μηδος, (:mɛːˈdos)) is a son of Japheth and one of the 16 grandsons of Noah in the ''Book of Genesis'' of the Hebrew Bible. Biblical scholars have generally identified Madai with the Iranian Medes of much later records. The Medes, reckoned to be his offspring by Josephus and most subsequent writers, were also known as ''Madai'', including in both Assyrian and Hebrew sources. Some scholars in more modern times have also proposed connections with various earlier nations, such as Mitanni,〔Emmet John Sweeny, ''Empire of Thebes, Or Ages in Chaos Revisited'', 2006, p. 11.〕 Matiene, and Mannai. In addition, the Kurds still maintain traditions of descent from Madai.〔Mahir A. Aziz, 2011, ''The Kurds of Iraq: Ethnonationalism and National Identity in Iraqi Kurdistan'', p. 47.〕 According to the ''Book of Jubilees'' (10:35-36), Madai had married a daughter of Shem, and preferred to live among Shem's descendants, rather than dwell in Japheth's allotted inheritance beyond the Black Sea; so he begged his brothers-in-law, Elam, Asshur and Arphaxad, until he finally received from them the land that was named after him, Media. Another line in ''Jubilees'' (8:5) states that a daughter of Madai named Milcah (Aramaic: ''Melkâ'') married Cainan, who is an ancestor of Abraham also mentioned in older versions of Genesis. ''Medos'' (Μηδος), and his mother Medea, were also reckoned to be the ancestors of the Medes in classical Greek mythical history. Christian scholars have proposed linking Hebrew ''Madai'' and Greek ''Medos'' since at least the time of Isidore of Seville (9.2.28 ), ca. 600 AD. Madai is also the name of the deified ancestor of the Kachin people of Myanmar, according to the indigenous Kachin religion. ==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「Madai」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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