Elisa (putra Yawan)

Elisa, Elishah, atau Eliseus ( Elishah) adalah putra Yawan menurut . Septuaginta Yunani dari Kejadian 10 menyatakan bahwa Elisa tak hanya putra Yawan, tetapi juga cucu Yafet.

Para cendekiawan sering kali mengidentifikasikan Elisa dengan bangsa Siprus, karena pada zaman kuno pulau Siprus atau bagian darinya dikenal sebagai Alashiya.The expansion of the Greek world, eighth to sixth centuries B.C., John Boardman, Volume 3 Cambridge Ancient History, Cambridge University Press, 1982, , "Now, this Elishah is often identified with Alashiya in the scholarly literature, an ancient name often associated with Cyprus or a part of the island." 

Sejarawan Yudea Flavius Yosefus mengaitkan keturunan Elisa dengan bangsa Aeolia, salah satu cabang leluhur dari bangsa Yunani.The works of Flavius Josephus: the learned and authentic Jewish historian and celebrated warrior, to which are added, three dissertations, concerning Jesus Christ, John the Baptist, James the Just, God's command to Abraham, etc. with an index to the whole, Volume 1, translated by William Whiston, Publisher Lackington, Allen and co., 1806, Princeton University

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