Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 Assistant Professor of Science and Knowledge of Qur'an University, Mashhad, Islamic Republic of Iran.
2 PhD Student of University of Mazandaran
Abstract
According to the Old Testament report, a man wrestled with Jacob until dawn and when he could not overcome him, he squeezed Jacob's thigh and said to him: From now on your name will be "Israel" because you fought with God and man. And you won. The same story is reflected in Islamic hadith and commentary, and "Israel" is considered the title of Jacob. While according to the evidence in the Holy Quran, Israel lived before the Prophet Jacob and was one of the companions of the Prophet Noah (AS) in the ship: "And We gave Musa the Book and made it a guidance to the children of Israel...The offspring of those whom We bore with Nuh". The use of the term "Jacob" twice as opposed to the 41 uses of the "Children of Israel" also emphasizes the difference between the two families. The present article, by studying Islamic traditions and interpretations, has shown that the document and text of the reports indicating that the Prophet Jacob was nicknamed Israel are weak and fake and are among the Israelites. He also finds other evidence in Jewish sources (Old Testament Apocrypha, Midrash, and Talmud) that show that Israel is a person other than the prophet Jacob
Keywords
- Comparative study of the Qur'
- an and the Testaments, submission of hadiths to the Qur'
- an, Israelites, Jacob'
- s family, Bani Israel,
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