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Proposed text for "Troglodytis in the works of Flavious Josephus"

From what is known of Abraham's sons to Katura, an African costal location seems ill applicable here; but rather refers the regions of the Great Rift Valley in Israel and Jordan, in which also lies the ancient Nabataean city of Petra.

The region was originally inhabited by the Horites (which means "cave dwellers")^[1] who were the predecessors to the Edomites, of whom the Bible's book of Obadiah states that the Edomites "dwellest in the clefts of the rock,"^[2], after which followed the Nabataeans with their city of Petra. Hebrew tradition has long associated this area with cave dwelling, even well into Roman times. In this same manner the Hebrew Josephus also called this area, "Troglodytis" as he saught a translation into Greek.

Notes from author

Considering Josephus is long dead, it is an impossibility to confirm his meaning, but when the hebrew peoples have consistently called the inhabitants of these regions 'cave dwellers' well into Roman times, the only translation possible into Greek is what we in English call a 'Troglodyite'. I originally posted this directly to the page but was deleted under the charge that it was original research. To such I would suggest that you investigate the movements of Abraham's children to Katura and you will find that there is no 'original research' in any way. Sheer Hebrew and Greek/Latin linguistics alone should be sufficient evidence. What I have typed is solely for the assistance of the reader. --Avanduyn (talk) 01:55, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Original research

Per our original research cornerstone policy, we cannot accept any theories of any kind, unless you can show where these ideas have been previously published or mentioned by a reliable source somewhere. Cobbling together a new hypothesis based on several different sources, is also explicitly forbidden by the part of the policy page called WP:SYNT (qv). Note, the entire hypothesis has to appear already published by someone somewhere, other than on Wikipedia. Wikipedia simply is not allowed to "go out on a limb" and be the first source in the world to publish these new ideas, even if they are entirely logical and correct ideas.

I understand that there is one wikimedia project where new research is welcomed, but I don't know very much about it; you may wish to investigate it, and perhaps introduce your claims over there: v:. Regards, Til Eulenspiegel (talk) 14:59, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ The New Strong's Exhastive Concorance of the Bible, Thomas Nelson Publishers (Nashville, Tennese, USA, 1996)
^ Obadiah 1:3

"Trogodytes"

I don't particularly doubt the accuracy of this, but a citation is needed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Orcoteuthis (talk • contribs) 17:34, 21 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Africa

The last bit on Josephus seems to say that "Africa" is derived from "Libya", which obviously is nonsense. Presumably something else is meant, wherefore I inserted the clarification tag. Orcoteuthis (talk) 22:49, 22 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Minor reference to Troglodytes in Plutarch's Life of Antony

In his Life of Antony, Plutarch mentions the Troglodytes as among the barbarian nations with whom Cleopatra could communicate in their own language. It's a passing reference, and maybe not significant enough to warrant mention here, but perhaps it's enough to make it into the opening section listing authors and time periods where the Troglodytes are spoken of. For reference: this is in the Modern Library complete Plutarch's Lives, translated by Dryden; the edition doesn't have a date, but the page number is 1119. 174.25.113.138 (talk) 04:04, 3 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

[1] The New Strong's Exhastive Concorance of the Bible, Thomas Nelson Publishers (Nashville, Tennese, USA, 1996)

[2] Obadiah 1:3

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