Epher was a grandson of Abraham , according to Book of Genesis Gen. 25 4, whose descendants, Jewish historian Flavius Josephus claimed, had invaded Libya . Josephus also claimed that Epher s name was the etymological root of the continent Africa . According to the Bible , he was a son of Midian . Tanakh stub Category Torah people pt Efer ... more details
The Troglodytae lang el Polytonic or Troglodyti literally cave goers , were a people mentioned in various locations by many ancient Greek and Roman geographers and historians including Agatharcides , Strabo , Diodorus Siculus , Pliny the Elder Pliny , Tacitus , Josephus , etc. Greco Roman references The earlier references refer to Trogodytes ref Agatharchides of Cnidus, On the Erythraean Sea ref , which was evidently altered later by folk etymology from Greek tr gl , cave. They were usually placed in the desert along the African side of the Red Sea coast, from Berenice Troglodytica southward as far as Somalia. They have been connected with the modern Afar people Afar of Eritrea and neighboring peoples, as well as with the Tuareg people Tuareg and possibly the Tubu people Tubu . Hippolytus of Rome Chronicon of 254 AD identified the Troglodytes with the descendants of Phut Put . In Josephus Flavius Josephus alludes to a place he calls Troglodytis while discussing the account in Book of Genesis Genesis , that after the death of Sarah, Abraham married Keturah and fathered six sons who in turn fathered many more. Now, for all these sons and grandsons, Abraham contrived to settle them in colonies and they took possession of Troglodytis, and the country of Arabia Felix ... ref Josephus , Flavius, Antiquities , 1.15.1 ref The Troglodytis Josephus refers to here is generally taken to mean both coasts of the Red Sea. ref http books.google.com books?id TgCUWA 6 L4C&pg PA189&dq Troglodytis josephus&client firefox a Saint Jerome s Hebrew Questions on Genesis ref However, Josephus goes on to state that the descendants of one of these grandsons, Epher , invaded Libya , and that the name of Africa was thus derived from that of Epher. References Citations reflist Other sources Murray, G.W. and E.H. Warmington 1967 , Trogodytica The Red Sea Littoral in Ptolemaic Times , The Geographical Journal , Vol. 133, No. 1 March issue , pp 24 33, 29. See also wiktionary troglodyte ... more details
Refimprove biography date February 2010 Ephah was one of Midian s Clarify date February 2010 reason this is linked to a geographic area called midian and not to a person named midian five sons as listed in the Hebrew Bible . ref Book of Genesis Genesis 25 1 4 I Books of Chronicles Chronicles 1 32 33 ref The son of Abraham , Midian s five sons were Ephah, Epher , Enoch son of Midian Enoch , Abida Midian Abida , ref R. V. Abida ref and Eldaah . These five were the progenitor s of the Midianite s. Other uses Geography The Book of Isaiah , chapter 60, mentions a land of Ephah whence camel s and dromedary dromedaries would come to Israel Clarify date February 2010 reason would link, but unclear which time period for the many israel articles A multitude of camels shall cover you, the young camels of Midian and Ephah . K E Bailey suggests Ephah is a tribal land in northern Arabia. ref K E Bailey, Jesus through Middle Eastern Eyes, SPCK London 2008 p. 54 ref Measurement The Hebrew word ephah means a particular Biblical and Talmudic units of measurement measure for grain, and measurement measure in general. The measurement for an ephah is about 36.4 litres, or ten omer unit omers , ref bibleverse Exodus 16 36 ref or about one bushel . References reflist 2 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Ephah ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH Category Ancient cities Category Hebrew Bible people Category Torah people Category Units of volume given name stub hebrew Bible stub reli bio stub measure stub pt Ef ... more details
Refimprove date July 2008 Other uses Afri singular, Afer was a Latin name for the non punic speaking population surrounding the Carthaginians Citation needed date August 2011 . It was received by the Romans from the local opponents of the Carthaginians, as a native term for their country. Citation needed date August 2011 Afer was at first used as an adjective, meaning an ally, not of Carthage , of Africa . As a substantive, it denoted a native of Africa , i.e. a non Carthaginian. The ultimate etymology of the Libyan term for the country is uncertain. It is derived from a Punic term for an indigenous population of the area surrounding Carthage. Citation needed date March 2011 The name may be connected with Phoenician languages Phoenician afar , dust ref Venter & Neuland, NEPAD and the African Renaissance 2005 , p. 16 ref also found in other Semitic languages , or with Berber language Berber ifri , cave see Tataouine . The classical historian Flavius Josephus asserted that the region had been invaded by descendants of Abraham s grandson Epher , who gave it their name. During the Roman Empire period, Afer came to be a cognomen for people from the Africa Province . This ethnonym is the source of the Africa etymology term Africa . The Romans referred to the region as Africa terra land of the Afri , based on the stem Afr with the adjective suffix ic giving Africus , Africa , Africum in the nominative singular of the three Latin genders . Following the defeat of Carthage in the Third Punic War , Rome set up the Roman province province of Africa Province Africa . The Roman Diocese of Africa was conquered by the Vandals in the 5th century, and re conquered by the empire as the Praetorian prefecture of Africa in AD 534. The Latin name Africa was received in Arabic after the Umayyad conquest of North Africa Islamic conquest , as Ifriqiya . ref http michel desfayes.org namesofcountries.html Names of countries , Decret & Fantar, 1981 ref The name is still extant today as Ifira a ... more details
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