Dodanim

Dodanim or Rodanim, (דודנים), (Greek: Ρόδιοι) was, in the Book of Genesis, a son of Javan (thus, a great-grandson of Noah). He is usually associated with the people of the island of Rhodes as their progenitor. "-im" is a plural suffix in Hebrew, and the inhabitants of Rhodes^[1] were also called Rodanim or Dodanim. Traditional Hebrew manuscripts are split between the spellings Dodanim and Rodanim — one of which is probably a copyist's error, as the Hebrew letters for R and D are nearly identical. The Samaritan Pentateuch has Rodanim.

They have also been connected^[2] with the Trojan Dardanoi. The Dodanim were considered either kin to the Greeks^[3] or simply Greeks^[4][5]. Dodanim was the son^[6] of Javan, and his brothers were Elishah, Tarshish and Chittim.

The world as known to the Hebrews

In Pseudo-Philo (c. 70), Dodanim's sons are Itheb, Beath, and Phenech; the last of these is made prince of the Japhethites at the time of the Tower of Babel.

See also

• Sons of Noah

References

1. ^ The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
2. ^ Paul and the nations
3. ^ The Bible Knowledge Commentary: Old Testament
4. ^ HistoricalOrigins
5. ^ The western paradise: Greek and Hebrew traditions by James E. Miller, 1996, "The four sons of Javan, Kittim, Elisha, Tarshish and Dodanim, do not divide the Greeks along the lines they divided themselves,"
6. ^ Historical Origins by Robert Shaw