Aantekeningen bij de Bijbel
Vragen, overdenkingen en achtergronden over de Bijbel,
welke resulteren in allerlei aantekeningen.
welke resulteren in allerlei aantekeningen.
- - , Biblical-studies@yahoogroups.com, , [0], 28 Jun 2005, - Yigal Levin: "Uz" and "the land of Uz" appear in the Bible several times, apparently as a tribe/land somewhere in Syria or Mesopotamia (Iraq). It is not known from other sources, so it is impossible to pin down. In Job, "The Land of Uz" is used as a sort of "far, far, away", where the story of Job, which is a parable, is set, not as a real country. Pretty much the same is true of "Qedem": it means "east", hence your translation of "orientals". For someone living and writing in Israel, "sons of the East" could mean nomads of the transjordanian desert, or inhabitants of the cities of Mesopotamia, or peoples of the Persian steppe.
