Ashur ( אַשּׁוּר ʾAššūr ) was the second son of Shem , the son of Noah . Ashur's brothers were Elam , Arphaxad , Lud , and Aram .
9-659: [REDACTED] Look up Ashur or Assur in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ashur , Assur , may refer to: Places [ edit ] Assur , an archaeological site in Iraq, and former Assyrian capital Ashur, Iran , a village in Iran Assuras or Assur, a town in the Roman province of Proconsular Africa Other uses [ edit ] Ashur (Bible) ,
18-829: A village in Iran Assuras or Assur, a town in the Roman province of Proconsular Africa Other uses [ edit ] Ashur (Bible) , the grandson of Noah in Genesis Ashur (god) , the main god of Assyrian mythology in Mesopotamian religion High Elves ( Warhammer ) or Asur, a race in Warhammer Fantasy See also [ edit ] Ashur-dan (disambiguation) Ashur-uballit (disambiguation) All pages with titles containing Ashur Asur (disambiguation) Assyria (disambiguation) Asura (disambiguation) Ashura (disambiguation) Achour (disambiguation) Assuristan ,
27-405: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ashur [REDACTED] Look up Ashur or Assur in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ashur , Assur , may refer to: Places [ edit ] Assur , an archaeological site in Iraq, and former Assyrian capital Ashur, Iran ,
36-637: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ashur (Bible) Prior to the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls , there was contention in academic circles regarding whether Ashur or Nimrod built the Assyrian cities of Nineveh , Resen , Rehoboth-Ir and Calah , since the name Ashur can refer to both the person and the country (compare Genesis 10:8–12 AV and Genesis 10:8–12 ESV). Sir Walter Raleigh devoted several pages in his History of
45-534: The Book of Jubilees , affirmed by the 15 Jubilees scrolls found amongst the Dead Sea Scrolls , affirms that the contested lands in Genesis 10:8–12 were apportioned to Ashur. Jubilees 9:3 states, "And for Ashur came forth the second Portion, all the land of Ashur and Nineveh and Shinar and to the border of India, and it ascends and skirts the river." The 1st century Judaeo-Roman historian Flavius Josephus also gives
54-691: The Sassanid name for Assyria Anshar , a primordial god in the Babylonian creation myth Enuma Elish Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Ashur . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ashur&oldid=1222571873 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
63-576: The Sassanid name for Assyria Anshar , a primordial god in the Babylonian creation myth Enuma Elish Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Ashur . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ashur&oldid=1222571873 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
72-655: The World ( c. 1616 ) to reciting past scholarship regarding the question of whether it had been Nimrod or Ashur who built the cities in Assyria. Both the JPS Tanakh 1917 and the 1611 King James Bible clarify the language of the Septuagint and Vulgate translations of Genesis 10:11-12, by explicitly crediting Ashur as the founder of the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth, Calah , and Resen. The Ge'ez version of
81-486: The grandson of Noah in Genesis Ashur (god) , the main god of Assyrian mythology in Mesopotamian religion High Elves ( Warhammer ) or Asur, a race in Warhammer Fantasy See also [ edit ] Ashur-dan (disambiguation) Ashur-uballit (disambiguation) All pages with titles containing Ashur Asur (disambiguation) Assyria (disambiguation) Asura (disambiguation) Ashura (disambiguation) Achour (disambiguation) Assuristan ,
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