Jetur
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Jetur (Hebrew: יטור, Yeṭūr; "Name means::encircled") was the tenth of the twelve sons of son of::Ishmael, first mentioned in Genesis 25:15.
Descendants
He was the progenitor of the Ituraeans, who were known to the Greeks as the Itouraioi (Ἰτουραῖοι). The Ituraeans are mentioned in the works of Cassius Dio, Josephus,[1] Pliny, Strabo[2] and others; and they were known to the Roman authorities as a notorious tribe of robbers. The Ituraeans disappeared as a distinct group in the 7th century AD however, some believe that the modern Druze are the descendants of the Ituraeans. The Druze perpetrated a massacre of Lebanese Christians in 1860 AD.
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References
- ↑ Josephus. Antiquities of the Jews. Book 13,318-19. http://www.ccel.org/j/josephus/works/ant-13.htm.
- ↑ Strabo. "2, 10". Geography. Book XVI. http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Strabo/16B*.html.
External Links
- In Search of ... the Origin of Nations by C.M. White. History Research Projects 2003.
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