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Elisa.
Elisa, Elishah, atau Eliseus (bahasa Ibrani: אֱלִישָׁה Elishah) adalah putra Yawan menurut Kejadian 10:4. Septuaginta Yunani dari Kejadian 10 menyatakan bahwa Elisa tak hanya putra Yawan, namun juga cucu Yafet.
Para cendekiawan sering kali mengidentifikasikan Elisa dengan bangsa Siprus, karena pada zaman kuno pulau Siprus atau bagian darinya dikenal sebagai Alashiya.[1][2]
Sejarawan Yudea Flavius Yosefus mengaitkan keturunan Elisa dengan bangsa Aeolia, salah satu cabang leluhur dari bangsa Yunani.[3]
Referensi
- ^ The expansion of the Greek world, eighth to sixth centuries B.C., John Boardman, Volume 3 Cambridge Ancient History, Cambridge University Press, 1982, ISBN 0-521-23447-6, ISBN 978-0-521-23447-4
- ^ "Now, this Elishah is often identified with Alashiya in the scholarly literature, an ancient name often associated with Cyprus or a part of the island." Gard Granerød (26 March 2010). Abraham and Melchizedek: Scribal Activity of Second Temple Times in Genesis 14 and Psalm 110. Walter de Gruyter. hlm. 116. ISBN 978-3-11-022346-0.
- ^ The works of Flavius Josephus: the learned and authentic Jewish historian and celebrated warrior, to which are added, three dissertations, concerning Jesus Christ, John the Baptist, James the Just, God's command to Abraham, etc. with an index to the whole, Volume 1, translated by William Whiston, Publisher Lackington, Allen and co., 1806, Princeton University