What of the Land with Bows? Archers of “Meshech” and the Allusion to Genesis in Isaiah 66:19

Selim Adalı

doi:10.34230/fiad.655416

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What of the Land with Bows? Archers of “Meshech” and the Allusion to Genesis in Isaiah 66:19

Abstract

This paper seeks to interpret a unique gentilic in the Book of Isaiah. Placed with what in redactional methodology is referred to as Trito-Isaiah, Isaiah 66:19 lists several names of nations and among them is a certain Môšḵê qešet, translated as "Meshech of the bow". Meshech is a reference to Phrygia between Lydia and Tubal/Tabal in Central Anatolia. Although the term bow may be assumed for Meshech, it is not something specific to them in ancient Near Eastern, ancient Greek or Hebrew Bible tradition. The referece to the "bow" in Isaiah 66:19 can be understood as a marker for a literary allusion to Genesis 9:13. The use of another marker in the Masoretic text, the word "sign" (ôt) in both Isaiah 66:19 and Genesis 9:13 further strengthens this interpretation.

Keywords

Hebrew Bible,Isaiah,Genesis,Literary Allusion,Meshech

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

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Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Selim Adalı ^*
0000-0002-3398-892X
Türkiye

Publication Date

December 31, 2019

Submission Date

December 4, 2019

Acceptance Date

January 3, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2019 Number: 6

DOI

https://doi.org/10.34230/fiad.655416

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https://izlik.org/JA98XJ98CN

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APA

Adalı, S. (2019). What of the Land with Bows? Archers of “Meshech” and the Allusion to Genesis in Isaiah 66:19. Bulletin of Palestine Studies, 6, 78-87. https://doi.org/10.34230/fiad.655416

AMA

1.Adalı S. What of the Land with Bows? Archers of “Meshech” and the Allusion to Genesis in Isaiah 66:19. BPS. 2019;(6):78-87. doi:10.34230/fiad.655416

Chicago

Adalı, Selim. 2019. “What of the Land With Bows? Archers of ‘Meshech’ and the Allusion to Genesis in Isaiah 66:19”. Bulletin of Palestine Studies, nos. 6: 78-87. https://doi.org/10.34230/fiad.655416.

EndNote

Adalı S (December 1, 2019) What of the Land with Bows? Archers of “Meshech” and the Allusion to Genesis in Isaiah 66:19. Bulletin of Palestine Studies 6 78–87.

IEEE

[1]S. Adalı, “What of the Land with Bows? Archers of ‘Meshech’ and the Allusion to Genesis in Isaiah 66:19”, BPS, no. 6, pp. 78–87, Dec. 2019, doi: 10.34230/fiad.655416.

ISNAD

Adalı, Selim. “What of the Land With Bows? Archers of ‘Meshech’ and the Allusion to Genesis in Isaiah 66:19”. Bulletin of Palestine Studies. 6 (December 1, 2019): 78-87. https://doi.org/10.34230/fiad.655416.

JAMA

1.Adalı S. What of the Land with Bows? Archers of “Meshech” and the Allusion to Genesis in Isaiah 66:19. BPS. 2019;:78–87.

MLA

Adalı, Selim. “What of the Land With Bows? Archers of ‘Meshech’ and the Allusion to Genesis in Isaiah 66:19”. Bulletin of Palestine Studies, no. 6, Dec. 2019, pp. 78-87, doi:10.34230/fiad.655416.

Vancouver

1.Selim Adalı. What of the Land with Bows? Archers of “Meshech” and the Allusion to Genesis in Isaiah 66:19. BPS. 2019 Dec. 1;(6):78-87. doi:10.34230/fiad.655416