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Japhetites

Outdated grouping of human beings

The term Japhetites (sometimes spelled Japhethites; in adjective form Japhetic or Japhethitic) refers to the descendants of Japheth, one of the three sons

Japhetites

Semitic people

Obsolete racial category

remaining races; Hamites referred to dark-skinned African peoples, and Japhetites referred to the Medes, Persians, Greeks, and other peoples who were later

Semitic people

Semitic_people

Hamites

Outdated grouping of human beings

proposed divisions of mankind based on the story of Noah: Semites and Japhetites. The appellation Hamitic was applied to the Berber, Cushitic, and Egyptian

Hamites

Antisemitism

Hostility, prejudice, or discrimination against Jews

in the Book of Genesis, together with the parallel terms Hamites and Japhetites. The origin of "antisemitic" terminologies is found in the responses of

Antisemitism

Iapetus

Titan in Greek mythology

Josephus (Antiquities of the Jews), which made Japheth the ancestor of the "Japhetites", i.e. the peoples of Europe. Iapetus has been linked to Japheth by John

Iapetus

Biblical terminology for race

Terms for races in the Bible

list. The early modern equation of the biblical Semites, Hamites and Japhetites with "racial" categories was coined at the Göttingen school of history

Biblical terminology for race

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Tower of Babel

Mythical structure in the Hebrew Bible

prince of the Semites, and to Phenech son of Dodanim, as prince of the Japhetites. Twelve men are arrested for refusing to bring bricks, including Abraham

Tower of Babel

Tower_of_Babel

Japheth

Biblical figure, son of Noah

Caucasian race Groups claiming affiliation with Israelites Japhetic theory Japhetites Proto-Indo-Europeans Sons of Noah Wives aboard the Ark Jami' al-tawarikh

Japheth

Josephus

Roman–Jewish historian and military leader (c. 37 – c. 100)

the founder of the Arabs, the connection of "Semites", "Hamites" and "Japhetites" to the classical nations of the world, and the story of the siege of

Josephus

Gog and Magog

Pair of individuals, peoples, or lands in the Bible and the Quran

Jewish historian Josephus knew them as the nation descended from Magog the Japhetite named in the Book of Genesis, hypothesizing them to be the Scythians.

Gog and Magog

Gog_and_Magog

Generations of Noah

Genealogy of the sons of Noah in Genesis

school of history derived the race terminology Semites, Hamites, and Japhetites. Certain of Noah's grandsons were also used for names of peoples: from

Generations of Noah

Generations_of_Noah

Der Thurm zu Babel

Opera by Anton Rubinstein

Premiere cast, 1870 Nimrod bass Abraham tenor Master Builder baritone Four Angels children's voices Chorus: Shemites, Hamites, Japhetites, demons, crowd etc.

Der Thurm zu Babel

Der_Thurm_zu_Babel

Ethnic groups in Europe

Asia and those of Ham peopling Africa. Identification of Europeans as "Japhetites" is also reflected in early suggestions for terming the Indo-European

Ethnic groups in Europe

Ethnic_groups_in_Europe

An Essay on the Inequality of the Human Races

1853–1855 essays of Arthur de Gobineau

black, and yellow. The biblical division into Hamites, Semites, and Japhetites is for Gobineau a division within the white race. In general, Gobineau

An Essay on the Inequality of the Human Races

An_Essay_on_the_Inequality_of_the_Human_Races

Meshech

Biblical figure, son of Japheth (Genesis 10)

"Gog, prince of Magog" in Ezekiel 38:2 and 39:1, and is considered a Japhetite tribe, identified by Flavius Josephus with the Cappadocian "Mosocheni"

Meshech

Curse of Ham

Biblical curse imposed on Canaan

curse was fulfilled when Canaan was occupied by Semites (Israel) and Japhetites. The commentary further notes that Canaanites ceased to exist as a political

Curse of Ham

Curse_of_Ham

Lebor Gabála Érenn

11th-century Irish chronicle

tells us how Noah's son Japheth is the forebear of all Europeans (see Japhetites), how Japheth's son Magog is the forebear of the Gaels and Scythians,

Lebor Gabála Érenn

Lebor_Gabála_Érenn

Color terminology for race

Describing people by skin colour

texts is received by Georgius Hornius (1666). In Hornius' scheme, the Japhetites (identified as Scythians, an Iranic ethnic group and Celts) are "white"

Color terminology for race

Color_terminology_for_race

Goídel Glas

Medieval Irish and Scottish legendary figure

Ham (Eponymonous ancestor of Hamites) Japheth (Eponymous ancestor of Japhetites) Lech, Czech, and Rus (Eponymous ancestors of Lechites, Czechs, and Rus'

Goídel Glas

Goídel_Glas

Noach

2nd weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading

section known as the table of nations. Among Japheth's descendants were the Japhetites, which are the maritime nations. Ham's son Cush had a son named Nimrod

Noach