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| − | <p>The Quran does not identify Moshe's father-in-law by name. However, in a number of places,<fn>7:85-93,11:84-95, 26:176-191, 29:36-37.</fn> the Quran speaks of a prophet called Shu'aib who was sent to rebuke the evildoers in Midyan. Based on the connection to Midyan, some Quran commentators identify Shu'aib as Moshe's father-in-law.<fn>According to this opinion, the Quran may have preserved a form of the Rabbinic tradition (see < | + | <p>The Quran does not identify Moshe's father-in-law by name. However, in a number of places,<fn>7:85-93,11:84-95, 26:176-191, 29:36-37.</fn> the Quran speaks of a prophet called Shu'aib who was sent to rebuke the evildoers in Midyan. Based on the connection to Midyan, some Quran commentators identify Shu'aib as Moshe's father-in-law.<fn>According to this opinion, the Quran may have preserved a form of the Rabbinic tradition (see <a href="Yitro – Religious Identity" data-aht="page">Yitro's Religious Identity</a>) that Yitro returned to Midyan to convert his family.</fn> See <a href="Realia:Midyan" data-aht="page">Midyan</a> for sources which place Midyan in the Arabian Desert and identify it with the ruins in the Caves of Shu'aib.<fn>Mohammed may have viewed Moshe's fleeing to Midyan as a precursor of his own flight to Medina – see <a href="In-laws" data-aht="page">Inlaws</a> regarding the Quran's modification of the details of the story of Moshe in Midyan to match to Mohammed's life.</fn></p> |
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| − | <p>Shu'aib (Yitro) is revered by the Druze as one of their foremost prophets and the intellectual advisor/partner of Moshe. This tradition dovetails with the Torah's presentation of Yitro as an advisor to Moshe.<fn>Cf. the opinion of the Tzeror HaMor Shemot 18:24 (see < | + | <h2>Yitro in Druze Tradition</h2> |
| − | + | <p>Shu'aib (Yitro) is revered by the Druze as one of their foremost prophets and the intellectual advisor/partner of Moshe. This tradition dovetails with the Torah's presentation of Yitro as an advisor to Moshe.<fn>Cf. the opinion of the Tzeror HaMor Shemot 18:24 (see <a href="Yitro – Religious Identity" data-aht="page">Yitro's Religious Identity</a>) that Yitro was as wise as Moshe and was also Divinely inspired.</fn> Many Druze claim to be descendants of Shu'aib, and a generally positive relationship has traditionally existed between Jews and Druze.<fn>See The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (Adler edition, Section 29).</fn></p> | |
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Yitro in Islamic Tradition
The Quran does not identify Moshe's father-in-law by name. However, in a number of places,1 the Quran speaks of a prophet called Shu'aib who was sent to rebuke the evildoers in Midyan. Based on the connection to Midyan, some Quran commentators identify Shu'aib as Moshe's father-in-law.2 See Midyan for sources which place Midyan in the Arabian Desert and identify it with the ruins in the Caves of Shu'aib.3
Yitro in Druze Tradition
Shu'aib (Yitro) is revered by the Druze as one of their foremost prophets and the intellectual advisor/partner of Moshe. This tradition dovetails with the Torah's presentation of Yitro as an advisor to Moshe.4 Many Druze claim to be descendants of Shu'aib, and a generally positive relationship has traditionally existed between Jews and Druze.5
