Semites
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Semites is a word that was used for people who speak a Semitic language like Arabic or Hebrew. Scientists no longer use the words Semites or Semitic peoples, but they still speak of Semitic languages.[1][2][3][4][5]
Origin
The word Semite was taken from Shem, a son of Noah in the Genesis (chapters 6-11). It was first used in the 1770s by German professors at the University of Göttingen.[6]
Semites Media
This T and O map, 1472, from the first printed version of Isidore of Seville's Etymologiae, identifies the three known continents as populated by descendants of Sem (Shem), Iafeth (Japheth) and Cham (Ham).
1879 statute of the Antisemitic League, the organization which first popularized the term
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References
- ↑ Liverani1995, p. 392.
- ↑ On the use of the terms “(anti-)Semitic” and “(anti-) Zionist” in modern Middle Eastern discourse, Orientalia Suecana LXI Suppl. (2012) by Lutz Eberhard Edzard Archived 2017-10-11 at the Wayback Machine: "In linguistics context, the term "Semitic" is generally speaking non-controversial... As an ethnic term, "Semitic" should best be avoided these days, in spite of ongoing genetic research (which also is supported by the Israeli scholarly community itself) that tries to scientifically underpin such a concept."
- ↑ Anidjar 2008, p. (Foreword).
- ↑ Anidjar 2008, p. 6.
- ↑ Lewis, Bernard. Semites and Anti-Semites: An Inquiry into Conflict and Prejudice (1987)W W Norton & Co Inc. ISBN 978-0393304206.
- ↑ Baasten, Martin. Hamlet on a Hill: Semitic and Greek Studies Presented to Professor T. Muraoka on the Occasion of His Sixty-fifth Birthday (2003)Peeters Publishers. p. 57–73. ISBN 9789042912151.
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