Races
Races
RACES.The following is a list of the races mentioned in the Bible, so far as they are Identified. They are classified according to modern ethnological principles. In Gen 10:1-32, cities are frequently classed as tribes or patriarchal personages.
I. Aryans (sons of Japheth, Gen 10:1-32).1. Greeks (Rom 1:14 etc.). 2. Javan (Ionian Greeks). 3. Parthians (Act 2:9). 4. Persians (Est 1:19 etc.). 5. Medes (Madai). 6. Romans (Joh 11:48 etc.).
II. Hamites.1. Egyptians (Mizraim). 2. Cushites (Nubians, Ethiopians). 3. Libyans (Put [Somaliland]).
III. Semites.1. North Semites: (a) Babylonians (Shinar, Accad, Bahel, Erech); (b) Assyrians (Asshur, Nineveh, Calah); (c) Aramans (Syrians); (d) Canaanitish peoples(1) Ammonites, (2) Amorites, (3) Canaanites, (4) Edomites, (5) Hivites, (6) Israelites, (7) Jebusites, (8) Moabites, (9) Phnicians (Tyre, Sidon, Arvad, etc.). 2. South Semites: (a) North Arabs(1) Amalekites, (2) Ishmaelites (Kedar, Nebaioth, Tema, etc.), (3) Midianites; (b) South Arabs (Sheba).
IV. Unclassified Races.1. Cimmerians (Gomer, Gimirrai of Assyr [Note: ssyr Assyrian.] , inscriptions). 2. Elamites. 3. Hittites. 4. Horites. 5. Philistines. 6. Tubal (the Tabali of Assyr. [Note: Assyrian.] inscriptions). 7. Meshech (Muski of Assyr. [Note: Assyrian.] inscriptions).
George A. Barton.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Races
rasiz. See TABLE OF NATIONS.