The Quran and the Bible presents almost similar narratives centered on Joseph. From his childhood, Joseph seems to be liked and favored by his father, and his brothers despise him for it. They are also jealous and hate him for his dreams that reveal him rising above them in power. They plot to kill him, but out of request from one of his brothers, they spare him. In the Quran Joseph is sold off into Egypt directly to the king, al- 'Azeez. On the other hand, in the Bible he is sold to Potiphar who was the chief of guards in Egypt. It is only after prison that Joseph works directly under the king. And unlike the in Quran where Joseph requests to be placed in charge of all storehouses, it is the king who deems it fit to place Joseph in charge …show more content…
In the Bible, he escapes from the wife who wanted to force herself on him, leaving behind his garment. Potiphar’s wife screams and informs the servants that Joseph attempted to defile her. She also waits upon the husband who returns later on and tells him the same story. The husband believes her and sends Joseph to prison. Similarly, in the Quran, the two characters, Joseph and the master’s wife struggle. But unlike the Bible, both Joseph and the king’s wife run out towards the door where they meet the husband. Like the in Bible, the wife accuses Joseph of seducing her and attempting to force himself on her. Similarly, Joseph throws back the blame at her. In this case, however, Joseph is tried and a witness who is the wife’s relation testifies based on Joseph’s torn garment. Joseph is found innocent and the wife guilty. The king believes in his innocence and asks the wife to repent and ask Joseph for forgiveness. Instead, new characters-the women of the city are introduced. These characters are unique to the Quran and are not mentioned in the …show more content…
For example, in both stories Joseph dreams of his sovereignty over his family, which comes to pass. He is despised by his brothers, who gets rid of him and lie to their father that he had been eaten up by beasts in the wilderness. He is sold for an insignificant price and winds up in Egypt working under the king. Joseph does not fall into the temptations to lie with the wife of his master but still ends up in prison. Throughout his journey Joseph praises God in the Bible and Allah in the Quran and rises to higher command in a foreign land. Owing to his abilities to interpret dreams, he is released from prison and put in charge of all land produce in
There are many similarities but also many differences between the story of Job in The Bible and Archibald MacLeish’s J.B. These similarities and differences falls along the categories of style, story line, and characterization.
In Genesis, the reader see the stories of Lot and Noah but don’t get any insight into their wives. Through closer examination of the allusions of Lot’s wife and Noah’s wife from the novel Housekeeping, readers are able to see another side of these women. The allusions are used to greater enhance the novel’s theme of critiquing a male dominated society, because we see in these Bible stories that these women were in the shadows of important men. However, they distort the original Bible stories by giving the women a voice with new characteristics and motivations for their actions that alter the initial message. In the novel, although there are many more biblical allusions, there are none of the stronger women from the Bible like Rahab or Deborah, which downplays the importance of women in the
In 1820, against popular belief, is when joseph’s story truly begins. As recorded in the Pearl of Great Price, God the Father and God the Son Speak appear to Joseph through a celestial vision. They Report to him that they where unhappy with the way t...
A woman who had committed adultery was brought before Jesus for judgment. As she had been caught in the very act, there was no question of her guilt. The sentence dictated by Mosaic Law was death by stoning, but Jesus showed mercy. He said, "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her." Embarrassed, the woman 's accusers dropped their rocks and walked away. Jesus told the woman to go home and repent. But when a man and a woman who had committed adultery (with each other) were brought before Mohammed, he exclaimed, "Stone them," and the pair was executed.
You can read his story in Genesis, Chapters 37-50. The first note of him concerns his ability to dream and interpret dreams. Joseph was a dreamer and he had a dream. His dream took at least two forms. In one version of his dream he was a sheave of wheat and his family were also sheaves of wheat that had been gathered at harvest and were waiting to be carried in to be stored. In Joseph’s dream, all the other bundles of wheat bowed down to his. In another version of his dream he was a star. Again, his family were also stars and heavenly bodies. Again, all the other stars and heavenly bodies bowed down to his star in his dream.
When compared to Matthew, it’s apparent that Mark’s wording was intentionally not alluding to Joseph. The gospel of Mark can be described as a “selective retelling” of the life and ministry of Jesus. The author of Mark gives the basic outline of the “essentials” of Jesus’ biography. Considering this and the fact that Mark was the first gospel written, it should come as no surprise that the gospels of Matthew and Luke borrow from and expand on Mark.
story of Adam and Eve and end up with a story about Envy in Joseph and
The biblical account of Joseph perfectly encapsulated the truth of God’s sovereignty and His complete control over all circumstances. Throughout the story, Joseph found himself in many horrendous situations, but he acknowledged how they were all overseen by the Lord and were ultimately used to serve His greater purpose. Joseph was sold to slavery by his brothers and was taken away from his home to Egypt. However, he did not remain a slave. Instead, he would eventually gain prominence and become the second most powerful ruler after the pharaoh. When the Middle Eastern world suffered
The most highly referenced and revered as sacred are The King James Version, considered a masterpiece of English literature, The Tanakh, or Hebrew Bible, The Aprocrypha, the books believed left out of some bibles, The Vulgate, the Latin Bible used for centuries by the Roman Catholic religion, and The Septuagint, the first ancient Greek translation of the Tanakh (Geisler and Nix 15, McCallum 4). The Bible is considered a sacred text by three major world religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Many believers consider it to be the literal truth. Others treat it with great respect, but believe that it was written by human beings and, thus is often contradictory in its tenets.
The Book of Job Job was a righteous man who lived in Uz. He had seven sons and three daughters. He owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yokes of oxen, five hundred donkeys and many slaves. Each year, he held a banquet where Job would have each of his children purified. He did this for fear that they might have sinned and cursed God in their hearts. On the day that the angels came to attest before God, God pointed out to the accusing angel (Satan) Job's character. He pointed out how righteous and respectful he was toward Him. Satan claims that Job's character originates with evil and self-serving motives. He claims that Job is so righteous and respectful because he has no reason to act otherwise, but if God were to give him hardship, he would curse Him to his face. Satan then challenges God to test Job. Reluctantly, God accepts the challenge. On Earth, Job is stricken with misfortune. All of his animals are either stolen or struck by lightning. All his children died of one tragedy or another. Yet, Job did not curse God. He figured that the same way God gave to him, he took away. Again, God took pride in Job. He bragged to Satan about how faithful and righteous his servant, Job was. Still, Satan doubted him. He claimed that Job was still faithful and righteous because he had not been affected directly by God's test. He persuades God to test Job once more. This time, Job's health is destroyed in a most horrifying form. Job is covered in boils from head to toe so badly, that he uses a piece of broken pottery to scratch himself with. At this point, Job's integrity is tested by his wife. She wonders why he is still so faithful to God. She thinks that it is about time that he begins cur...
The two stories follow the same general plot, but the different interpretations give varying underlying meanings, assumingly stemming from the differences in authorship. This difference in content is the major divide between the Qur’an and the Bible. Islamic believers claim that the Qur’an was divinely inspired and physically written by the prophet Muhammad in its entirety and the Bible contains many historical manipulations due to its varied authorship. Assuming the common belief in divine inspiration is true, the single author of the Qur’an would provide less room for error than the compilation style of the Bible. However, according to biblical tradition, the Torah was completed around 1500 BCE, and the Qur’an was written during the lifetime of Muhammad from 609 to 632 CE, meaning that the Qur’an was written many centuries after the events it chronicled and leave...
Both of these stories teach what happens when jealousy influences two people. Jacob becomes jealous of Esau’s birthright and so he tricks his blind father. Cain becomes jealous of Yahweh’s favoring of Abel and so Cain murders Abel. In the Bible Yahweh looks down on Humans acting with these bad emotions controlling them. It contrasts the rules for the people and Yahweh’s rules for himself. It shows that only Yahweh, when consumed in bad emotions like rage, jealousy or anger rightfully murders people, this causes much debate between readers.
We often read stories in the Bible without taking the historical context into consideration. As a result, we become unaware of the story’s historical validity. In some cases, stories are used to share a moral concept, or used as a tool to teach a lesson. The Book of Jonah is an example that will be used to determine if this particular story describes an accurate recount of history, or if it teaches the readers a lesson. In the Book of Jonah, Jonah (the prophet) is instructed to go to a pagan city (Nineveh) to preach to the Ninevites, hoping that they will repent for their sins. However, he challenges God and travels to Tarshish instead. Jonah receives consequences for his actions and Nineveh is eventually forgiven by God. Although the story of Jonah appears to entail a historically accurate event on the surface, it is, however, used to teach a lesson that God is the ultimate decider of who is worthy of forgiveness. Analyzing the historical context, explicating the verses of the book, and interpreting the book as a whole will allow a clearer understanding of the true purpose of the Book of Jonah, which is to convey a satirical story with a very important lesson.
The stories are similar in many ways, but they are also very different. This can be related to the relationship between the two religions themselves.
Two of the most popular texts in the world is the Bible and the Quran. The bible is a text that is a complication of many books into one. Each book can be written by different authors and each story is different from the next. The main religion group that reads the Bible are the Jews and the Christians. The Quran is the Islamic sacred book. The Islamic people believe that the text is the word of god, and that their prophet was Muhammad. A variety of differences and similarities between the Bible and the Quran are conveyed through the portrayals of Jesus, a passionate God, and the way women are being represented in each text.