Shem
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Shem (Hebrew: שם, Shēm; Greek: Σήμ, Sēm; Latin: Sem; Arabic: سام, Sām; Ge'ez: ሴም, Sēm; "renown, prosperity, name") (Tammuz 1558 AMJuly 2445 BC
Sivan 1315 He
Tammuz 1558 AM-Tammuz 2158 AMJuly 1845 BC
Tammuz 1915 He
Tammuz 2158 AM) is the second of Noah's three sons. His brothers were Ham and Japheth. He was born in AM 1558 when Noah was 502 years old, 98 years before the global flood.[1]
Shem was married before the flood and his wife was with him in the ark, but he had no children at the time it started. His son, Arpachshad was born when Shem was 100 years old. His other sons were Elam, Asshur, Lud, and Aram. Whether Arpachshad (alternatively spelled Arphaxad) was the eldest of them is unclear. He is listed third of all of them, but might still have received the birthright for a reason that the Bible does not document. Shem lived a further 500 years after Arpachshad's birth, and thus would have been 600 years7,420.964 mon
219,145.44 da old at his death in 2158 AM.
Shem is the father of the Semitic peoples, most notably the Jews and the Arabs.
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Descendants of Shem
The sons of Shem were:
- Elam: Elamites, Persians, and Iranians.
- Asshur: Assyrians, Syrians, and Northern Iraqis.
- Arpachshad: Chaldeans, Indo-Europeans, Irano-Afghans, Arabs, and Jews.
- Lud: Lydians, Albanians, Georgians, and Kabyles, and other related groups in Asia Minor and North Africa.
- Aram: Aramaeans, Syrians, Lebanese, Armenians, and remnant groups throughout the Middle East.
Europeans
A number of scholars, such as E. Raymond Capt and Steven M. Collins, have concluded that the Indo-European peoples are descended from of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel, and thus from Shem. Dr. Ernest L. Martin, the founder of the Foundation for Biblical Research in Pasadena, California and Associates for Scriptural Knowledge, wrote:
| “ | ... [The] Shemite tribes (people who were descendants of Shem and including some peoples who came from Abraham) later colonized the whole of southern Europe and replaced the people of Javan and his four descendants. Javan's people were pushed mainly into the northern areas of Europe where in turn they migrated farther east into Asia (along with Gomer the firstborn son of Japheth and his descendants). Indeed, in prophecies dealing also with the End-Time, we find the people of Javan no longer in Europe but now associated with Tubal (another son of Japheth; see Ezekiel 38-39 ) who became an eastern Mongolian type of people ... though the name Javan still retained its geographical hold on the southern region of Europe, particularly in Greece) ... It is not uncommon for people to give a name to a region and then the original people move on to other areas (or are killed off) and the original geographical name becomes associated with completely different people.[2] | ” |
Germanic
Many assert that the Anglo-Saxons are the descendants of Shem. "Alfred, king of the Anglo-Saxons [b. 849 AD] was... the son [descendant] of Sem [Shem]."[3] Proponents of this theory also claim that Alfred the Great was a descendant of Shem because he claimed to descend from Sceaf, a marooned man who came to Britain on a boat after a flood. Le Petit, in 1601, mentioned King Adel, said to be descendant of Shem, ruler of Britain, who had 3 children who migrated to India.
Further, it is said that Tuitsch, a German patriarch, is none other than Shem himself. There are many who also claim that the Germans are the descendants of the Assyrians (children of Asshur).
Hellenistic (Greek)
The Spartans of Greece, notably enough, claimed descent from the Hebrews though Abraham. The Deuterocanonical book 1 Maccabees and Josephus, in his Antiquities, state that in about 180 BC the King of Sparta sent the following letter to the Jews in Jerusalem:
"Arius king of the Spartans to Onias the high priest, sendeth greetings. It is found in writing concerning the Spartans, and the Jews, that they are brethren, and that they are of the stock of Abraham. And now since this is come to our knowledge, you do well to write to us of your prosperity." - 1_Maccabees 12:20-22 (Douay-Rheims)
The Jews in Jerusalem are reported to have replied as follows:
| “ | We joyfully received the epistle, and were well pleased with Demoteles and Arius, although we did not need such a demonstration, because we were well satisfied about it from the sacred writings.[4] | ” |
Indo-Iranian
A text from an Islamic Hadith also claims that the Greeks, as well as the Persians, are derived from Shem:
| “ | Shem, the son of Noah was the father of the Arabs, the Persians, and the Greeks; Ham was the father of the Black Africans; and Japheth was the father of the Turks and of Gog and Magog who were cousins of the Turks.[5] | ” |
Isidore of Seville (c. 635) states that Joktan was the ancestor of Indians; his material was based on earlier enumerations made by Jerome and Josephus, who had stated that Joktan's descendants "inhabited from Cophen, an Indian river, and in part of Asia adjoining to it."[6] Hisham Ibn al-Kalbi, a 19th century Arab historian, further states that al-Hind and al-Sind (India) are of Ophir, the son of Joktan.[7]
Conclusion
If the European peoples do indeed descend from Shem, this might explain the development of the Greek language, which is clearly Semitic. But other language scholars suggest that the Greek language came from Sanskrit, which they consider a bridge between Greek and Hebrew. Such a developmental path would not depend on the displacement of Javanites by Asshurites or another Semitic nation.
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References
- ↑ James Ussher, The Annals of the World, Larry Pierce, ed., Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2003 (ISBN 0890513600), pgh. 31
- ↑ British-Israel Church of God. British-Israelism Utterly Refuted....REFUTED! Accessed December 25, 2007.
- ↑ Church Historians of England, vol. 2, p. 443
- ↑ Josephus, Antiquities 12.4.10
- ↑ Tabari 2:11, an Islamic Hadith
- ↑ Josephus, Antiquities, 1.6.4
- ↑ p. 1769 A dictionary of the Bible comprising its antiquities, biography, geography, and natural history. by William Smith, John Mee Fuller
External Links
- Noah's Three Sons. online book by Arthur C. Custance.
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