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  • From: a.c.smith AT juno.com (Andrew C Smith)
  • To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: "Sephardic" (?) "Ashkenazy"? I Chronicles 1:6
  • Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 12:23:19 EST


On Sat, 12 Dec 1998 yonsaf AT beitberl.beitberl.ac.il writes:

>Both terms - Ashkenazic and Sephardic - are derived
>from the Biblical GNs Ashkenaz (Scythians) and Sefarad (Sardis?)
mentioned
>in the List of Nations (Gen, 10).

I think you're referring to Gene 10:30, right? Thanks! That's very
interesting. I guess Sefarad originally refered to southren Arabia. I
wonder how it got transferred to Spain? The connection between Ashkenaz
and central-eastern Europe isn't quite as stretched.

- Andy Smith

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