Open AccessTHE STORY OF JOSEPH IN THE GENESIS AND SURAH YUSUF
Author(s) -
Rahmawati Baharuddin
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
historia : jurnal program studi pendidikan sejarah/ulul albab/historia: jurnal program studi pendidikan sejarah
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2337-4713
pISSN - 1858-4349
DOI - 10.18860/ua.v10i2.6057
Subject(s) - islam , beauty , similarity (geometry) , literature , originality , old testament , judaism , philosophy , history , art , theology , sociology , epistemology , social science , qualitative research , artificial intelligence , computer science , image (mathematics)
The beauty of Joseph's story has become a byword, long before the arrival of Islam. The Qur'an itself confirms that the story of Joseph is the best (ahsan al-qasas). The study of the Qur'anic text and the New Testament (Genesis 37-50) shows the similarity of the story of Joseph in outline, but also the differences in function and reasoning of the story. The first fact shows the similarity of religious and literary discourse between the Islamic and Jewish communities at the beginning of the coming of Islam, while the second shows the originality of the story of Yusuf in the Qur'an. In the New Testament the story of Joseph emphasizes the history of the journey of a nation, while the Qur'an describes the story of Joseph to strengthen the belief of the Prophet and his followers.