Dan (Hebrew: דָּן, Standard Dan Tiberian Dān; "Judge") was, according to the Book of Genesis, a son of Jacob and Bilhah (the first son of Bilhah, but the fifth son of Jacob), and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Dan^[1]; however Biblical scholars view this as postdiction, an eponymous metaphor providing an aetiology of the connectedness of the tribe to others in the Israelite confederation^[2]; in the Biblical account, Dan's mother is only a handmaid, rather than a wife of Jacob, which scholars see as indicating that the authors saw the tribe of Dan as being not of entirely Israelite origin^[3]. The tribe of Dan is suspected by biblical scholars to have evolved from the Denyen, one of the groups of Sea Peoples, the name Dan being a corruption of Denyen^[4]; the Song of Deborah, for example, which is regarded by textual scholars as among the most ancient parts of the Bible^[5], describes the tribe as still residing in ships. “Hebrew” redirects here. ... “Hebrew” redirects here. ... Tiberian Hebrew is an oral tradition of pronunciation for ancient forms of Hebrew, especially the Hebrew of the Tanakh, that was given written form by masoretic scholars in the Jewish community at Tiberias in the early Middle Ages, beginning in the 8th century. ... Genesis (Greek: Γένεσις, having the meanings of birth, creation, cause, beginning, source and origin) is the first book of the Torah (five books of Moses) and hence the first book of the Tanakh, part of the Hebrew Bible; it is also the first book of the Christian Old Testament. ... Jacob Wrestling with the Angel – Gustave Doré, 1855 Jacob or Yaakov, (Hebrew: יַעֲקֹב, Standard  Tiberian ; Arabic: يعقوب, ; holds the heel), also known as Israel (Hebrew: יִשְׂרָאֵל, Standard  Tiberian ; Arabic: اسرائيل, ; Struggled with God), is the third Biblical patriarch. ... In the Book of Genesis, Bilhah (בִּלְהָה Faltering; bashful, Standard Hebrew Bilha, Tiberian Hebrew Bilhāh) is a concubine of Jacob, and bears him two sons, Dan and Naphtali. ... An Israelite is a member of the Twelve Tribes of Israel, descended from the twelve sons of the Biblical patriarch Jacob who was renamed Israel by God in the book of Genesis, 32:28 The Israelites were a group of Hebrews, as described in the Bible. ... Tribe of Dan was also a band from the mid 1990s. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... An eponym is the name of a person, whether real or fictitious, who has (or is thought to have) given rise to the name of a particular place, tribe, discovery, or other item. ... Look up metaphor in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Etiology (alternately aetiology, aitiology) is the study of Greek words aitia = cause and logos = word/speech) is used in philosophy, physics and biology in reference to the causes of various phenomena. ... Denyen or Danuna Based on New Kingdom Egyptian text, The Danuna are considered one of the major groups of the Sea Peoples. ... The Sea Peoples is the term used for a mysterious confederacy of seafaring raiders who around 1200 BC sailed into the eastern shores of the Mediterranean, caused political unrest, and attempted to enter Egyptian territory during the late 19th dynasty, and especially during Year 8 of Ramesses III of the... For information on the nurse of Rebeccah, mentioned in Genesis, see Deborah (Genesis) Deborah or Dvora (דְּבוֹרָה Bee, Standard Hebrew DÉ™vora, Tiberian Hebrew Dəḇôrāh) was a prophetess and the fourth Judge and only female Judge of pre-monarchic Israel in the Old Testament (Tanakh). ... Carmina Cantabrigiensia, Manuscript C, folio 436v, 11th century Textual criticism or lower criticism is a branch of philology or bibliography that is concerned with the identification and removal of errors from texts and manuscripts. ...

The text of the Torah argues that the name of Dan derives from dananni, meaning he has judged me, in reference to Rachel's belief that she had gained a child as the result of a judgement from God^[6]. Apart from the view among modern scholars that the name Dan originates from Denyen, a number of scholars have suggested that, like Gad deriving from Gad and Asher deriving from Assur, Dan derives from the name of a deity that was originally worshipped by the tribe^[7]; according to this view, the name Daniel is interpreted as meaning Dan is El, rather than meaning El is my judge or God is my judge^[8]. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This article discusses the term God in the context of monotheism and henotheism. ... Gad is a son of Jacob and Zilpah. ... Asher (Hebrew: , Standard Tiberian ), in the Book of Genesis, is the second son of Jacob and Zilpah, and the founder of the Tribe of Asher. ... Assur was the head of the Assyrian pantheon and the rival of the Babylonian Marduk. ... Ēl (אל) is a Northwest Semitic word and name translated into English as either god or God or left untranslated as El, depending on the context. ...

Owing to the Book of Judges, in the account of Micah's Idol, describing the tribe of Dan as having used ephod and teraphim in worship, and Samson (a member of the tribe of Dan) being described as failing to adhere to the rules of a Nazirate, classical rabbinical writers concluded that Dan was very much a black sheep^[9]; in the Book of Jeremiah, the north of Canaan is associated with darkness and evil^[10], and so rabbinical sources treated Dan as the archetype of wickedness^[11]. In the apocryphal Testaments of the Patriarchs, Dan is portrayed as having hated Joseph, and having been the one that invented the idea of deceiving Jacob by the smearing of Joseph's coat with the blood of a kid^[12][13][14]; in the apocryphal Prayer of Asenath, Dan is portrayed as plotting with the Egyptian crown prince, against Joseph and Asenath^[15]. In the Blessing of Jacob, Dan is described as a serpent, which seems to have been interpreted as connecting Dan to Belial^[16], a connection made, for example, in the apocryphal Testament of Dan^[17]; early Christian writers, such as Irenaeus and Hippolytus, even believed that the Antichrist wold come from the tribe of Dan^[18][19], drawing the belief from a verse from the Book of Jeremiah which states the snorting of [the enemy's] horses was heard from Dan^[20][21]. Book of Judges (Hebrew: Sefer Shoftim ספר שופטים) is a book of the Bible originally written in Hebrew. ... The narrative of Micahs Idol, recounted in the Book of Judges, concerns the Tribe of Dan, their conquest of Laish, and the sanctuary that was subsequently created there. ... The ephod (pronounced either ē´fod or ef´od) was one of eight ritual garments worn by the Israelite and later the Jewish High Priest while serving in the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. ... Teraphim is a Hebrew word, found only in the plural, of uncertain etymology. ... Samson and Delilah, by Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) This article is about Biblical figure. ... Black sheep is a derogatory colloquialism in the English language meaning an outsider or one who is different in a way which others disapprove of. ... The Book of Jeremiah, or Jeremiah (יִרְמְיָהוּ Yirmiyahu in Hebrew), is part of the Hebrew Bible, Judaisms Tanakh, and later became a part of Christianitys Old Testament. ... For other senses of this word, see archetype (disambiguation). ... Apocrypha (from the Greek word απόκρυφα meaning those having been hidden away[1]) are texts of uncertain authenticity or writings where the authorship is questioned. ... Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs is an important constituent of the apocryphal scriptures connected with the Old Testament, comprising the dying commands of the twelve sons of Jacob. ... Joseph, in the Hebrew Bible appears in the Book of Genesis. ... According to the Book of Genesis, Asenath (אָסְנַת, Standard Hebrew Asənat, Modern Hebrew Osnat, Tiberian Hebrew ʼĀsənạṯ) was an Egyptian woman whom Pharaoh gave to Joseph son of Jacob to be his wife. ... The Blessing of Jacob is a poem that appears in Genesis at 49:1b-27. ... Serpent can be any of the following: The reptile commonly called snake. ... A woodcarving of Belial and some of his followers from Jacobus de Teramos book Buche Belial (1473) Belial (also Belhor, Baalial, Beliar, Beliall, Beliel; from Hebrew בְּלִיַּ֫עַל ; also named Matanbuchus, Mechembuchus, Meterbuchus in older scripts) is an evil being in Hebrew mythology, and also a term used to characterise the... Irenaeus (Greek: Εἰρηναῖος), (b. ... In Greek mythology, Hippolytus was a son of Theseus and either Antiope or Hippolyte. ... In Christian eschatology the Antichrist or Anti-christ (literally: anti, opposite; christ, messiah) has come to mean a person, image of a person, or other entity that is the embodiment of evil. ...

See also

• Tribe of Dan
• Sea Peoples

Tribe of Dan was also a band from the mid 1990s. ... The Sea Peoples is the term used for a mysterious confederacy of seafaring raiders who around 1200 BC sailed into the eastern shores of the Mediterranean, caused political unrest, and attempted to enter Egyptian territory during the late 19th dynasty, and especially during Year 8 of Ramesses III of the... Jacob Wrestling with the Angel – Gustave Doré, 1855 Jacob or Yaakov, (Hebrew: יַעֲקֹב, Standard  Tiberian ; Arabic: يعقوب, ; holds the heel), also known as Israel (Hebrew: יִשְׂרָאֵל, Standard  Tiberian ; Arabic: اسرائيل, ; Struggled with God), is the third Biblical patriarch. ... Look up Leah, לֵאָה in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Reuben (רְאוּבֵן, Standard Hebrew Rəʾuven, Tiberian Hebrew Rəʾûḇēn) is the first-born son of Jacob and the founder of the Tribe of Reuben, as related in the Book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible. ... This article discusses the Biblical patriarch. ... Issachar or Yissachar (יִשָּׂשׁכָר Reward; recompense, Standard Hebrew Yissaḫar, Tiberian Hebrew Yiśśâḵār) was the fifth son of Jacob and his first wife Leah. ... This entry incorporates text from Eastons Bible Dictionary, 1897, with some modernisation. ... The references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. ... Look up Rachel, רחל in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Binyamin (Hebrew: , Standard  Tiberian ) was, according to the Book of Genesis, a son of Jacob, and the second (and final) son of Rachel, and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Benjamin[1]; in the Biblical account, unlike Rachels first son - Joseph, the father of Ephraim and Manasseh - Benjamin... In the Book of Genesis, Bilhah (בִּלְהָה Faltering; bashful, Standard Hebrew Bilha, Tiberian Hebrew Bilhāh) is a concubine of Jacob, and bears him two sons, Dan and Naphtali. ... Naphtali (Hebrew: נַפְתָּלִי, Standard Tiberian  ; My struggle) is the sixth son of Jacob and the founder of the tribe of Naphtali, first mentioned in the Book of Genesis and as described in the Hebrew Bible. ... In the Book of Genesis, Zilpah (זִלְפָּה Drooping, Standard Hebrew Zilpa, Tiberian Hebrew Zilpāh) is a concubine of Jacob and the mother of Gad and Asher. ... Gad (Hebrew: גד ; luck) was, according to the Book of Genesis, the first son of Jacob and Zilpah, the seventh of Jacob overall, and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Gad; however Biblical scholars view this as postdiction, an eponymous metaphor providing an aetiology of the connectedness of the tribe... Asher (Hebrew: , Standard  Tiberian ), was, according to the Book of Genesis, the second son of Jacob and Zilpah, and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Asher; however Biblical scholars view this as postdiction, an eponymous metaphor providing an aetiology of the connectedness of the tribe to others in the...

Citations

1. ^ Genesis 30:3-4
2. ^ Peake's commentary on the Bible
3. ^ Jewish Encyclopedia
4. ^ Yigael Yadin And Dan, Why Did He Remain in Ships
5. ^ Richard Elliott Friedman, Who wrote the Bible
6. ^ Genesis 30:6
7. ^ Jewish Encyclopedia
8. ^ ibid
9. ^ Jewish Encyclopedia
10. ^ Jeremiah 1:14
11. ^ Jewish Encyclopedia
12. ^ Testament of Dan 1
13. ^ Testament of Zebulun 4
14. ^ Testament of Gad 1
15. ^ Jewish Encyclopedia
16. ^ Jewish Encyclopedia
17. ^ Testament of Dan, 5
18. ^ Irenaeus, Adversus Haereses
19. ^ Hippolytus, Of Christ and Antichrist
20. ^ Jeremiah 8:16
21. ^ Jewish Encylopedia