Togarmah (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Togarmah (Hebrew: /Togarmah) third son of Gomer, and grandson of Japheth, brother of Ashkenaz and Riphat (Genesis 10:3). He is held to be the ancestor of the peoples of the South Caucasus (the Georgians and the Armenians).Jewish historian Flavius Josephus (37 - c. 100 AD), Roman Catholic priest Jerome (c. 347 - 420 AD) and Isidore of Seville (c. 560 - 636 AD) regarded Togarmah as the father of the Phrygians. Saint Hippolytus (c. 170-c. 236 AD), the Father of the Church History Eusebius of Caesarea (c. 263 - c. 339 AD), and the Christian bishop Theodoret (c. 393 - c. 457 AD) regarded him as a father of Armenians. Both Armenian Moses of Chorene and Georgian Leonti Mroveli regarded Togarmah as the founder of their nations along with other Caucasian people.