Comparing A Scene In The Yusuf Sura Of The Koran And The Hebrew Bible

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My essay will challenge the comparison and differentiation between a scene from the sacred text in The Hebrew Bible and The Yusuf Sura of the Koran. The scene I will be focusing is the one in which Joseph is seduced by the king’s wife. More specifically, I will be demonstrating that in the Koran good and evil are made explicit in the world of the story and for the reader, while the Bible suggest that you should identify good and evil for yourself. The seduction scene in these text teach us about good and evil. In the Bible, the character Joseph and in the Koran the character Joseph is clearly the one being seduced by a married woman. It is also stated that during this seduction in both text Joseph was the only male or the only other person in the home. With some basic knowledge of both religions it is safe to say that regardless of the religion the seduction is a clear sin and seen as evil tempting good. In this case evil is being portrayed as the king’s wife and good is Joseph. Although he didn’t commit a sin Joseph is thrown in jail for this incident. This occurs because the king’s wife was able to draw attention to her, claiming he was the seducer.
In the Koran it shows a world where evil and good are clearly visible to not only the reader but the characters in the story. When Joseph tries to …show more content…

Unlike the Koran Joseph isn’t proven guilty or innocent. Instead Joseph willing decides to take his garment off. It stated, “and he left his garment in her hand and fled outside, she called out to the people of the house and said to them, saying, see, he has brought us a Hebrew man to play with us (The Hebrew Bible, 182).” It is clear that Joseph willingly took of his garment because he perhaps thought that would be a safe and quick way to remove himself from the situation. Little would he have imagined it would back fire and become the man reason he is thrown in

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