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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_37659" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_37659" /> == | ||
<p> (Chald. Dinaye´ דִּינָיֵא, of unknown, but probably [[Median]] origin, used as a plur.; Sept. Δειναῖοι; Vulg. Dinaei), one of the foreign tribes colonized by the [[Assyrian]] general [[Asnapper]] in place of the deported Samaritans, and who afterwards joined in the opposition to the efforts of the returned [[Jews]] in rebuilding their city (Ezra 4:9). Junius (Comm. in loc.), without any authority, identifies them with the people "known to geographers by the name Dennani;" but there is only a Denna mentioned by ancient writers, and that an obscure town in [[Africa]] (Pliny, Hist. Nat. 6:35). Schulthess (Paradies, page 363) vaguely conjectures Daritis, the most southerly province of [[Media]] | <p> (Chald. Dinaye´ דִּינָיֵא, of unknown, but probably [[Median]] origin, used as a plur.; Sept. Δειναῖοι; Vulg. Dinaei), one of the foreign tribes colonized by the [[Assyrian]] general [[Asnapper]] in place of the deported Samaritans, and who afterwards joined in the opposition to the efforts of the returned [[Jews]] in rebuilding their city (Ezra 4:9). Junius (Comm. in loc.), without any authority, identifies them with the people "known to geographers by the name Dennani;" but there is only a Denna mentioned by ancient writers, and that an obscure town in [[Africa]] (Pliny, Hist. Nat. 6:35). Schulthess (Paradies, page 363) vaguely conjectures Daritis, the most southerly province of [[Media]] Major (Δαρεῖτις χώρα, Ptolemy, 6:2, 6; Pliny, 6:25; comp. Mannert, V, 2:159), or Dera in Susiana (Δῆρα, Ptolemy, 6:3, 5). (See [[Dura]]). Ewald (Gesch. d. Volkes Israel, 3:375) suggests the Median city Deinaber. </p> | ||
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