Ophir
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Biblical scholars, archeologists and various other people have tried to determine the exact location of Ophir. Most modern scholars assume that it must have been somewhere in southwest Arabia in the region of modern Yemen. This is also the assumed location of Sheba. Another possibility is the African shore of the Red Sea, with the name perhaps being derived from the Afar people of Eritrea or Djibouti.
Other assumptions vary as widely as theoretical locations of Atlantis. In the nineteenth century Max Müller and other scholars identified it with Abhira (see yadav), at the mouth of the Indus River. Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) adds a connection to "Sofir," the Coptic name for India. Josephus connected it with "Cophen, an Indian river, and in part of Asia adjoining to it." (Antiquities of the Jews I:6), sometimes associated with a part of Afghanistan.
Proponents of pre-Columbian connections between Eurasia and the Americas have also made their own suggestions including places like modern-day Peru.
Biblical references to Ophir: 1 Kings 9:28; 10:11; 22:48; 1 Chronicles 29:4; 2 Chronicles 8:18; Job 22:24; 28:16; Psalms 45:9; Isaiah 13:12.
- :Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir,
- :Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine,
- :With a cargo of ivory,
- :And apes and peacocks,
- :Sandalwood, cedarwood, and sweet white wine.
- ::—John Masefield, "Cargoes"
See also
- Tarshish, another Biblical location providing Solomon with riches.
In fiction
Ophir is the subject of H. Rider Haggard's novel "King Solomon's Mines" which places its location in South Africa.Ophir also is a kingdom in Robert Howard's Conan the Barbarian series of stories. See Hyborean Age for more information.
Extenal Links
1.[onshore explorations at sopara and kalyan,India]
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