Issachar
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Issachar ( Hebrew יִשָּׂשכָר, also Isachar ) is the ninth of the twelve sons of Jacob in the Tanach , the Hebrew Bible ( Gen 35.23 EU ). His descendants are considered to be one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel in the early days of the Jewish people, who traced their origins back to their patriarchs . Issachar's mother was Leah , Jacob's first wife.
The tribe of Issachar inhabited the eastern Jezreel plain , the south of the later Roman province of Galilee . As one of the ten lost tribes of Israel , he disappeared after the conquest of the northern kingdom of Israel by the Assyrian ruler Sargon II (722 BC).
In the Jacob's blessing ( Gen 49 EU ) he is described as a gnarled donkey and a servant. Later on, Issachar's symbolic animal, the donkey, was replaced by a bear, Hebrew Dov (דוב). In the wills of the twelve patriarchs Issachar is portrayed as a simple farmer. He embodies the virtue of simplicity, which stands for a prominent role in the ethics of this font. Issachar is the only one of the twelve brothers who claims that he is not guilty. In the Christian interpretation of the patriarchal wills, he even becomes a type of Jesus Christ, whose earthly life is portrayed as God's appearance among people in simplicity and humility.
literature
- Georg Beer : Isachar . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume IX, 2, Stuttgart 1916, Col. 2048 f.