Joktan
Joktan ( Hebrew יָקְטָן) is a son of Eber and a descendant of Noach in the Old Testament .
Biblical report
Joktan is only mentioned in the genealogical table Gen 10.25–29 EU and in the family tree 1 Chr 1.19–23 EU . He is Eber's son, Schelach's grandson and descendant of Shem , Noah's son. His brother is called Peleg . Joktan is Abraham's great, great, great- uncle . His 13 sons are Almodad , Shelef , Hazarmawet , Jerach , Hadoram , Usal , Dikla, Obal, Abimael, Sheba , Ofir , Hawila and Jobab. They settled from Mescha via Sefar to the Eastern Mountains. The section Gen 10: 25–29 EU , in which Joktan and his sons are mentioned, does not belong to the priestly scriptures. On the other hand, his brother Peleg is mentioned in both priestly and non-priestly texts. The sons of Joktan denote South Arabian population groups.
Qahtan in Arabic tradition
Under the name Qahtan ( Arabic قحطان, DMG Qaḥṭān ) or Yoqtan , the biblical patriarch Joktan is considered the progenitor of the southern Arabs , z. B. Queen Bilqis of Sheba and many others. According to Yemeni tradition, Qahtan himself is said to have been the son of the prophet Hud .
By merging his descendants with the North Arabian descendants of Abraham's son Ishmael or Ishmael's son Adnan , the Arab people emerged , according to Arabic tradition. Ishmael herself was married to a descendant of Jorham, a son of Qahtan.
Hebrew tradition
According to Hebrew views, Joktan is also considered to be the progenitor of the Joktanites , who are counted among the Hebrews along with the Nahorites , Amalekites , Ammonites , Moabites , Midianites , Israelites and Edomites . The north Arab Edomites are the descendants of Esau with Ishmael's daughter Mahalat , according to the Bible.
It is believed that Joktan is identical to the Jokschan mentioned elsewhere in the Bible .
literature
- Markus Witte: Völkertafel. In: Michaela Bauks, Klaus Koenen, Stefan Alkier (Eds.): The Scientific Biblical Lexicon on the Internet (WiBiLex), Stuttgart 2006 ff.
- Winfried Thiel: Joktan, ancestor of South Arabian peoples. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 3, Bautz, Herzberg 1992, ISBN 3-88309-035-2 , Sp. 625.
- Manfred Kropp (ed.): The story of the "pure Arabs" from the Qaḥṭān tribe. From the Kitāb našwat aṭ-ṭarab fī taʾrīḫ ǧāhiliyyat al-ʿArab of Ibn Saʿīd al-Maġribī. 2nd improved edition. Lang, Frankfurt am Main et al. 1983, ISBN 3-8204-7633-4 ( Heidelberg studies on the history and culture of the modern Middle East 4).
- Arabs . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 2 : Andros - Austria . London 1910, p. 283–287 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).
Web links
- The History of Yemen ( Memento from September 24, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) on azaalcity.com (English)