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2919: 177:), made for himself and for his children and for Amirat, his wife. They may be buried in it by hereditary title. And no stranger has the right to be buried in it, and if any of the children of Shubaytu mentioned above or their legal heirs seeks to write for this tomb a deed of gift or any document, he will have no share in this tomb. And this was on the first day of Ab, the third year of King Maliku, King of the Nabataeans. Abd Obodat son of Wahballahi made it 1137:), the predominant use of a local language (Sabaic) as opposed to Hebrew, and the priestly emphasis of DJE 23, Himyarite Judaism may have been more "Priestly" than "Rabbinic". However, Iwona Gajda interprets DJE 23 as evidence for the presence of rabbinic Judaism, and further points to evidence that the loanwords present in Ḥasī 1 indicate that its author was strongly familiar with 980: 1082:
inscriptions and replaces the earlier term shaʿb/community: one inscription from the fifth century mentions the "God of Israel". Three inscriptions mention the "God of the Jews". MAFRAY-Ḥaṣī 1, describes the construction of a graveyard specifically for the Jewish community. There is a Hebrew inscription known as
808:("The generations of the most outstanding poets"), composed by the Basran traditionalist and philologist Muḥummad ibn Sallām al-Jumaḥī (d. 846), records a list of Jewish poets. The Arabian/Arab antiquities collector Abū l-Faraj al-Iṣfahānī (d. 976) also has scattered reference to eleven Jewish poets in his 886:
to Imru's enemies despite their attempt to besiege his castle. Asides from Samaw'al, the only other Jewish poet to earn some renown was al-Rabī‘ ibn Abī l-Ḥuqayq, chief of the Naḍir tribe. The earliest sources make no mention of this figure, but only his son Kināna. Instead, it is only with the work
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collection are explicitly religious. In addition, al-Jumahi offers very little by way of biography for each of these figures other than to recount popular anecdotes that a few are associated with. Al-Isfahani gives more detailed biographical information. For example, he says Al-Samaw’al ibn ‘Ādiyā
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Haggai Mazuz has argued that the Hijazi Arabian Judaism was rabbinic and halakhic, but his thesis has criticized for an uncritical reliance on traditional sources. Nonetheless, although the exact identity (or group of identities) that Hijazi Jews adhered to remains not entirely clear, many accept
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There is scanter material regarding the religious affiliations of the locals. All inscriptions are monotheistic, but the religious identity of their authors is not always explicit. However, there is evidence for the practice of Judaism among locals as well. The name "Israel" appears in four
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kingdoms) and became the ruling power of southern Arabia, uniting the region for the first time. In the mid- to late-fourth century, Himyar or at least its ruling class had adopted Judaism, having transitioned from a polytheistic practice. These events are chronicled by the
903:(d. 897) asserted that all of Yemen used to be Jewish, whereas Ibn Hazm (d. 1064) says it was all of Himyar plus parts of Kinda that were Jewish. This literature also stresses the importance of the Jewish community of Medina and its tribes, most prominently the 927:, suggesting that Jews could at least occasionally achieve positions of power in western Arabia. His father and brother are also described with biblical names. Another inscription dating to 356–357 suggests the existence of Jewish headmen of both 803:
Islamic compilations of pre-Islamic poetry occasionally mention Jewish poets, although it is difficult to assess their authenticity and, compared to epigraphs, are more difficult to date and are subject to later influences of Islamicization. The
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This is the stele and tomb, which Adyon son of Ḥaniy son of Samuel, the headman of Hegra, built for his wife Mawiyah, daughter of the headman of Tayma, Amr son of Adyon son of Samuel, who died in the month of Ab in the year 251, aged 38 years
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chronicle of the persecution and martyrdom of the Christians of Najran. This event to a significant counterattack by the Ethiopian kingdom, leading to the conquest of Himyar in 525 and the end of the Jewish leadership of southern Arabia.
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This list is according to the 2012 compilation by Robert Hoyland. The inscriptions span at least five centuries, only number thirty-one if all are accepted as Jewish, are written in a variety of scripts/languages although most are in
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There is also some literary evidence. The Midrash Rabba suggests that two third-century rabbis thought it would have been beneficial to them to travel to al-Ḥijr (Hegra)/Madāʾin Ṣālih in order to improve their Aramaic. According to
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Lindstedt, Ilkka (2021). ""One Community to the Exclusion of Other People": A Superordinate Identity in the Medinan Community". In Mette Bjerregaard, Mortensen; Dye, Guillame; Oliver, Isaac W.; Tesei, Tommaso (eds.).
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Unfortunately, Jewish literary texts outside of Yemen do not discuss the Jewish community there. However, epigraphs from Palestine and Jordan do reflect communication and knowledge from the Yemenite Jewish community:
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Evidence of Jews or Judaism in this region is tenuous. Christian Julien Robin has suggested that a governor of one of the tribes in central Arabia, Ḥujr, may have been Jewish. In eastern Arabia,
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Christian Julien Robin argues that the epigraphic evidence argues against viewing the Judaism of Himyar as rabbinic. This is based on the absence of belief in the afterlife (shared by the
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This is the memorial of Isaiah Neballaṭa son of Joseph, the headman of Tayma, which ʿImram and Ašmw, his brothers, erected for him in the month of Iyar of the year 98 of the province
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Evidence of Jews and Judaism from northwestern Arabia largely relies on epigraphs. One of the inscriptions from 203 indicate that a Jewish individual named Isaiah became the head of
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which had tried to convert them to Christianity. The conversion from polytheism and the institutionalization of Judaism as the official religion is credited in these sources to
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Peace on the tomb of R{mn}h his wife, daughter of Joseph, son of ʿRr, who is from Qurayyā, who died on the twenty-sixth day of April, year one hundred and seventy-five
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The poetry ascribed to these figures rarely make reference to precise historical details or religious expressions, although some poems ascribed to al-Samaw'al in the
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Le royaume de Ḥimyar à l'époque monothéiste. L'histoire de l'Arabie du Sud ancienne de la fin du IVe siècle de l'ère chrétienne jusqu'à l'avènement de l'Islam
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Le royaume de Ḥimyar à l'époque monothéiste. L'histoire de l'Arabie du Sud ancienne de la fin du IVe siècle de l'ère chrétienne jusqu'à l'avènement de l'Islam
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Le royaume de Ḥimyar à l'époque monothéiste. L'histoire de l'Arabie du Sud ancienne de la fin du IVe siècle de l'ère chrétienne jusqu'à l'avènement de l'Islam
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Le royaume de Ḥimyar à l'époque monothéiste. L'histoire de l'Arabie du Sud ancienne de la fin du IVe siècle de l'ère chrétienne jusqu'à l'avènement de l'Islam
1189:(d. 588) related a letter from another contemporary, Mar Simeon, directed to Abbot von Gabula about the events. In addition, an anonymous author produced the 44:. Arabian Jews were linguistically diverse and would have varied in their practice of the religion. The presence of Jews is best attested in Northwestern and 1053:. A Sabaic inscription dating to this time, titled Ja 856 (or Fa 60) describes the replacement of a polytheistic temple dedicated to the god al-Maqah with a 1049:(r. c. 400–445). It is in the mid-fourth century that inscriptions suddenly transition from polytheistic invocations to ones mentioning the high god 1933:
Nehmé, Laila; Briquel-Chatonnet, Françoise; Desreumaux, Alain Jacques Paul; Al-Ghabban, Ali I; MacDonald, Michael; Villeneuve, François F. (2018).
812:("Book of Songs"). The poets they refer to are as follows, followed by (J) if mentioned by al-Jumahi and (I) if they are mentioned by al-Isfahani: 2410: 1130:. However, the interpretation of the latter inscription and building from Qani has recently been disputed. Additional evidence is also known. 3316: 2672: 782:, 43 times under the rubric of the phrase "Children of Israel", and 32 times into the category "People of the Book". Another source is the 2330: 1845: 915:. Nevertheless, evidence regarding the size and nature of a Jewish Medinan community remains phantasmal in the pre-Islamic evidence. 2540:
Chatonnet, Françoise Briquel; Robin, Christian Julien (2000). "La persécution des chrétiens de Nagran et la chronologie himyarite".
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It is not known how Judaism first entered Arabia. Some proposals suggest there were Jewish migrations after the destruction of the
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Hughes, Aaron (2020). "South Arabian 'Judaism', Ḥimyarite Raḥmanism, and the Origins of Islam". In Segovia, Carlos Andrés (ed.).
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Hughes, Aaron (2020). "South Arabian 'Judaism', Ḥimyarite Raḥmanism, and the Origins of Islam". In Segovia, Carlos Andrés (ed.).
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Hughes, Aaron (2020). "South Arabian 'Judaism', Ḥimyarite Raḥmanism, and the Origins of Islam". In Segovia, Carlos Andrés (ed.).
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Hughes, Aaron (2020). "South Arabian 'Judaism', Ḥimyarite Raḥmanism, and the Origins of Islam". In Segovia, Carlos Andrés (ed.).
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This is the tomb which ʿAbday son of Tayma built for PN who on the twenty-seventh of š . . . two hundred years ten/twenty . . .
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Hoyland, Robert G. (2011). "The Jews of the Hijaz in the Qurʾān and in their inscriptions". In Reynolds, Gabriel Said (ed.).
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Hoyland, Robert G. (2011). "The Jews of the Hijaz in the Qurʾān and in their inscriptions". In Reynolds, Gabriel Said (ed.).
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Hoyland, Robert G. (2011). "The Jews of the Hijaz in the Qurʾān and in their inscriptions". In Reynolds, Gabriel Said (ed.).
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These communication routes may have also transferred rabbinic and other Jewish teachings. In addition, evidence from the
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This is the stele which Yaḥyā son of Simon has built for his father Simon who died in the month of Sīwan of the year 201
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The Darb al-Bakrah. A Caravan Route in North-West Arabia Discovered by Ali I. al-Ghabban. Catalogue of the Inscriptions
1260: 23: 2220:. Social worlds of late antiquity and the early Middle Ages. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. pp. 30–34. 2145:. Social worlds of late antiquity and the early Middle Ages. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. pp. 26–29. 1399:. Social worlds of late antiquity and the early Middle Ages. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. pp. 19–22. 899:, are considered secondary in their ability to enable a historical reconstruction of Judaism in pre-Islamic Arabia. 2665: 896: 41: 19: 1795:. Social worlds of late antiquity and the early Middle Ages. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. p. 23. 3321: 3168: 2950: 2744: 2739: 2638: 2293:""The Owner of the Sky, God of Israel" in a new Jewish Ḥimyaritic Inscription Dating from the Fifth Century CE" 1153:
invaded the peninsula, overthrowing the Himyarite king and installing in his place the hardline Christian king
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Gajda, iwona (2017). "Remarks on Monotheism in Ancient South Arabia". In Bakhos, Carol; Cook, Michael (eds.).
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Robin, Christian Julien (2021). "Judaism in pre-Islamic Arabia". In Ackerman-Lieberman, Phillip Isaac (ed.).
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Robin, Christian Julien (2021). "Judaism in pre-Islamic Arabia". In Ackerman-Lieberman, Phillip Isaac (ed.).
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Robin, Christian Julien (2021). "Judaism in pre-Islamic Arabia". In Ackerman-Lieberman, Phillip Isaac (ed.).
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Robin, Christian Julien (2021). "Judaism in pre-Islamic Arabia". In Ackerman-Lieberman, Phillip Isaac (ed.).
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Robin, Christian Julien (2021). "Judaism in pre-Islamic Arabia". In Ackerman-Lieberman, Phillip Isaac (ed.).
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Robin, Christian Julien (2021). "Judaism in pre-Islamic Arabia". In Ackerman-Lieberman, Phillip Isaac (ed.).
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Robin, Christian Julien (2021). "Judaism in pre-Islamic Arabia". In Ackerman-Lieberman, Phillip Isaac (ed.).
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Robin, Christian Julien (2021). "Judaism in pre-Islamic Arabia". In Ackerman-Lieberman, Phillip Isaac (ed.).
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did not take place and, for this reason, their contents would be communicated orally by religious scholars.
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literature say little about the subject of Arabian Judaism or Jewish communities. The one reference from
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In the early seventh century, one of the best sources for Judaism and Jewish belief and practice in the
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MacDonald, Michael C.A. (1998). "Some Reflections on Epigraphy and Ethnicity in the Roman Near East".
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that its form was either rabbinic or at least had some amount of interplay with rabbinic tradition.
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This article is about Judaism in pre-Islamic Arabia. For monotheism in pre-Islamic Arabia, see
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describes an individual named Ywsh br ʾWfy who "died in Ẓafār, the land of the Ḥimyarites".
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The Bible in Arabic: the scriptures of the "People of the Book" in the language of Islam
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The primary source for the life and activities of pre-Islamic Arabian Jews is through
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Pre-Islamic Jews were not unified linguistically. In Arabia, they variously spoke
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inscription and a late sixth century Greek inscription from the port of Qāniʾ in
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are occasional: many of these only concern regions in southern Palestine or the
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Muhammad and his followers in context: the religious map of late antique Arabia
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originating from the land of Israel were active in the Himyarite Kingdom.
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Non-contemporary Arabic historiographical sources, such as those of
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in the first century or during the conquests or persecutions by the
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Nam/Nuaym son of Isaac trusts in God. He has written (this).
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of al-Isfahani that the exploits of al-Rabī‘ are described.
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since at least the first century BCE. It is also the first
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dispatching 500 members from his personal guard to aid
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The religious and spiritual life of the Jews of Medina
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This is the tomb which Shubaytu son of Aliu, the Jew (
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that is widely accepted as historical by historians.
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had vanquished other political units (including the
2113:Robin, Christian J. (2012). "Arabia and Ethiopia". 536:Blessing to Aṭūr son of Menaḥem and rabbi Jeremiah 445:May Joseph son of Ghanam be remembered well. Peace 770:, which presupposes the existence of Jews in both 555:May Samuel son of Hillel be blessed and protected 2053:"Qur'anic Understandings of the Divine Name Yhwh" 1594:"Qur'anic Understandings of the Divine Name Yhwh" 1000: 3298: 2411:"Reconsidering the Earliest Synagogue in Yemen" 1247:shows that members of priestly tribes known as 967:claims that a son of the first-century king of 2539: 793: 2666: 2408: 2290: 958: 778:: they are mentioned 23 times using the root 462:Indeed, may Simon son of Adiyu be remembered 2639:Judaism in the Hijaz (1st-4th centuries CE) 2514: 1106:after the return of the Jews following the 799:Poetry ascribed to pre-Islamic Arabian Jews 481:May Laḥmu son of Yehūdā be remembered well 370:or "By/for Ahab son of Simak is the tomb" 234:May Jacob son of Samuel be remembered well 130: 2673: 2659: 708: 102:Translations of religious scriptures into 2609: 2569: 2439: 2383: 2064: 1882: 1765: 1710: 1687: 1628: 1605: 1541: 1469: 1419: 1369: 1316: 1291: 1215:script (a South Arabian script) is known. 196:Manasse son of Natan, greetings/farewell 2050: 1591: 1444: 1218:A Greek inscription from the village of 1211:An inscription from Palestine using the 978: 974: 890: 390:Greetings/Farewell Joseph son of ʿAwiyu 2011: 1843: 1750: 1735: 1654: 1516: 1491: 1344: 987:with writing "Yishaq bar Hanina" and a 837:Saʿya (Shuʿba) ibn Gharīḍ/ʿArīḍ (J) (I) 428:May Ghanam son of Yehūdā be remembered 368:"By Ahab son of Simak the one buried " 3299: 2680: 2409:Letteney, Mark; Gross, Simcha (2022). 2215: 2140: 1818: 1790: 1394: 1202:Communication with non-peninsular Jews 918: 2654: 2594: 2554: 2489: 2464: 2368: 2353: 2265: 2240: 2190: 2165: 2136: 2134: 2115:The Oxford handbook of late antiquity 2112: 2087: 1986: 1907: 1814: 1812: 1566: 1222:mentions the burial of a "Himyarite". 1145:Fall of Jewish rule over South Arabia 2057:Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations 1947: 1669: 1598:Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations 1487: 1485: 1340: 1338: 1287: 1285: 1283: 1281: 1225:A fifth-century Hebrew epitaph from 995: 517:This is Abisalo(m?) son of Susannah 3317:History of religion in Saudi Arabia 702:Nabataean Aramaic / Jewish Aramaic 13: 2131: 1926: 1844:Pregill, Michael E. (2023-11-01). 1809: 1445:Griffith, Sidney Harrison (2015). 1317:Bar-Asher, Meʾir Mikhaʾel (2021). 1261:Christianity in pre-Islamic Arabia 1077:Judaism among the local population 947:and perhaps at an entrance on the 631:And Ismaīl son of Ṣdq has written 24:Christianity in pre-Islamic Arabia 14: 3338: 2632: 1482: 1335: 1278: 1126:, a phrase typically connoting a 2917: 2467:The Cambridge history of Judaism 2268:The Cambridge history of Judaism 2243:The Cambridge history of Judaism 2193:The Cambridge history of Judaism 2168:The Cambridge history of Judaism 2090:The Cambridge history of Judaism 2051:Galadari, Abdulla (2024-03-04). 1910:The Cambridge history of Judaism 1753:Le Judaïisme de L'Arabie antique 1738:Le Judaïisme de L'Arabie antique 1657:Le Judaïisme de L'Arabie antique 1592:Galadari, Abdulla (2024-03-04). 1569:The Cambridge history of Judaism 608:This is what has written . . . ( 20:Monotheism in pre-Islamic Arabia 2603: 2588: 2563: 2548: 2533: 2517:Holy women of the Syrian Orient 2508: 2483: 2458: 2433: 2402: 2377: 2362: 2347: 2323: 2284: 2259: 2234: 2209: 2184: 2159: 2106: 2081: 2044: 2012:Pregill, Michael (2016-11-30). 2005: 1980: 1941: 1901: 1876: 1837: 1784: 1759: 1744: 1729: 1704: 1663: 1648: 1622: 1585: 1560: 1535: 1510: 1122:to refer to God and mentions a 572:Blessed be the name of my Lord 42:monotheistic religion of Arabia 1819:Hughes, Aaron William (2017). 1519:New perspectives on the Qur'an 1494:New perspectives on the Qur'an 1463: 1438: 1413: 1388: 1363: 1347:New perspectives on the Qur'an 1310: 1001:Conversion of the ruling class 862:According to some traditions, 204:Construction, base of sundial 1: 2066:10.1080/09596410.2024.2321044 1607:10.1080/09596410.2024.2321044 1271: 1163:Christian community of Najran 1161:militarily and massacred the 330:May ʿEzer be remembered well 1755:. Brepols. pp. 512–515. 1659:. Brepols. pp. 520–521. 855:Kaʿb ibn Saʿd of Qurayẓa (I) 114: 104:pre-Islamic Arabic languages 78: 7: 1292:Bar-Asher, Meir M. (2021). 1254: 1102:) appointed to protect the 866:also converted to Judaism. 858:Aws ibn Danī of Qurayẓa (I) 840:Abū Qays ibn Rifāʿa (J) (I) 794:Non-contemporary literature 10: 3343: 959:Central and Eastern Arabia 834:Shurayḥ ibn ʿImrān (J) (I) 713:Contemporary sources from 109: 17: 3278: 3228: 3176: 3167: 3086: 3001: 2994: 2986:Ancient South Arabian art 2926: 2915: 2892: 2836: 2808: 2753: 2695: 2688: 2647:(Ancient Arabia Database) 2641:(Ancient Arabia Database) 2610:Lindstedt, Ilkka (2023). 2570:Lindstedt, Ilkka (2023). 2440:Lindstedt, Ilkka (2023). 2415:Studies in Late Antiquity 2384:Lindstedt, Ilkka (2023). 2030:10.1515/jiqsa-2016-02s102 1966:10.1017/S0041977X14001049 1883:Lindstedt, Ilkka (2023). 1850:Studies in Late Antiquity 1766:Lindstedt, Ilkka (2023). 1711:Lindstedt, Ilkka (2023). 1689:10.1017/S0026749X21000305 1542:Lindstedt, Ilkka (2023). 1472:Mediterranean Archaeology 1420:Lindstedt, Ilkka (2023). 1370:Lindstedt, Ilkka (2023). 823:Al-Rabi ibn Abu al-Huqayq 650:God be blessed/Bless God 612:) and this is what . . . 2427:10.1525/sla.2022.6.4.627 1862:10.1525/sla.2023.7.4.516 1670:Kjær, Sigrid K. (2022). 806:Ṭabaqāt fuḥūl al-shuʿarā 131:List of Jewish epigraphs 2309:10.1515/islam-2018-0050 1740:. Brepols. p. 519. 1028:Ecclessiastical History 766:more generally) is the 732:Antiquities of the Jews 709:Contemporary literature 2979:Nabataean architecture 1987:Mazuz, Haggai (2014). 1244:Book of the Himyarites 1191:Book of the Himyarites 1118:which uses the phrase 1026:and the fifth-century 1024:Book of the Himyarites 992: 971:converted to Judaism. 784:Constitution of Medina 385:Lihyanite (Dedanitic) 363:Lihyanite (Dedanitic) 349:ʿAzaryah son of Asyah 52:converted to Judaism. 3322:Jewish Yemeni history 3064:Ancient South Arabian 3029:Ancient North Arabian 3024:South Semitic scripts 2595:Gajda, Iwona (2009). 2555:Gajda, Iwona (2009). 2369:Gajda, Iwona (2009). 2354:Gajda, Iwona (2009). 1175:Cosmas Indicopleustes 982: 975:Southern Arabia/Yemen 891:Arabic historiography 846:Abū l-Dhayyāl (J) (I) 454:1st c BCE - 1st c CE 437:1st c BCE - 1st c CE 1948:Munt, Harry (2015). 1676:Modern Asian Studies 1086:from the village of 3279:Islamic perspective 2927:Society and culture 1319:Jews and the Qur'an 1294:Jews and the Qur'an 1185:. Soon afterwards, 1043:Malkīkarib Yuha’min 919:Northwestern Arabia 843:Dirham ibn Zayd (J) 817:Samaw'al ibn 'Adiya 735:where he described 723:classical antiquity 311:Abīyu son of Salmu 152: 32:has been practiced 3327:Pre-Islamic Arabia 3312:History of Judaism 2970:Nabataean culture 2682:Pre-Islamic Arabia 2645:Synagogue (Mikrab) 1193:, a sixth-century 993: 829:Ka‘b ibn al-Ashraf 745:Palestinian Talmud 683:Nabataean Aramaic 512:Nabataean Aramaic 495:Nabataean Aramaic 476:Nabataean Aramaic 457:Nabataean Aramaic 440:Nabataean Aramaic 423:Nabataean Aramaic 404:Nabataean Aramaic 344:Nabataean Aramaic 325:Nabataean Aramaic 306:Nabataean Aramaic 287:Nabataean Aramaic 267:Nabataean Aramaic 248:Nabataean Aramaic 229:Nabataean Aramaic 210:Nabataean Aramaic 191:Nabataean Aramaic 151: 3294: 3293: 3274: 3273: 3163: 3162: 3133:Old South Arabian 2913: 2912: 2849:Achaemenid Arabia 2621:978-90-04-68712-7 2581:978-90-04-68712-7 2526:978-0-520-05705-0 2501:978-0-19-874849-6 2476:978-0-521-51717-1 2451:978-90-04-68712-7 2395:978-90-04-68712-7 2277:978-0-521-51717-1 2252:978-0-521-51717-1 2227:978-94-6298-806-4 2202:978-0-521-51717-1 2177:978-0-521-51717-1 2152:978-94-6298-806-4 2124:978-0-19-533693-1 2099:978-0-521-51717-1 1998:978-90-04-25062-8 1919:978-0-521-51717-1 1894:978-90-04-68712-7 1830:978-0-19-068446-4 1802:978-94-6298-806-4 1777:978-90-04-68712-7 1722:978-90-04-68712-7 1641:978-3-11-067543-6 1578:978-0-521-51717-1 1553:978-90-04-68712-7 1528:978-0-415-61548-8 1503:978-0-415-61548-8 1456:978-0-691-16808-1 1431:978-90-04-68712-7 1406:978-94-6298-806-4 1381:978-90-04-68712-7 1356:978-0-415-61548-8 1328:978-0-691-21135-0 1303:978-0-691-21135-0 1155:Ma'dikarib Ya'fur 1007:Himyarite Kingdom 996:Kingdom of Himyar 991:, 330 BC – 200 AD 749:Babylonian Talmud 706: 705: 677:Tomb inscription 506:Tomb inscription 281:Tomb inscription 223:Tomb inscription 185:Tomb inscription 138:Nabataean Aramaic 61:Jewish–Roman wars 50:Kingdom of Himyar 38:Arabian Peninsula 3334: 3174: 3173: 3114:Nabataean Arabic 3019:Nabataean script 3014:Aramaic alphabet 2999: 2998: 2921: 2693: 2692: 2675: 2668: 2661: 2652: 2651: 2626: 2625: 2607: 2601: 2600: 2592: 2586: 2585: 2567: 2561: 2560: 2552: 2546: 2545: 2537: 2531: 2530: 2512: 2506: 2505: 2487: 2481: 2480: 2462: 2456: 2455: 2437: 2431: 2430: 2406: 2400: 2399: 2381: 2375: 2374: 2366: 2360: 2359: 2351: 2345: 2344: 2342: 2341: 2327: 2321: 2320: 2288: 2282: 2281: 2263: 2257: 2256: 2238: 2232: 2231: 2213: 2207: 2206: 2188: 2182: 2181: 2163: 2157: 2156: 2138: 2129: 2128: 2110: 2104: 2103: 2085: 2079: 2078: 2068: 2048: 2042: 2041: 2009: 2003: 2002: 1984: 1978: 1977: 1945: 1939: 1938: 1930: 1924: 1923: 1905: 1899: 1898: 1880: 1874: 1873: 1841: 1835: 1834: 1816: 1807: 1806: 1788: 1782: 1781: 1763: 1757: 1756: 1748: 1742: 1741: 1733: 1727: 1726: 1708: 1702: 1701: 1691: 1667: 1661: 1660: 1652: 1646: 1645: 1626: 1620: 1619: 1609: 1589: 1583: 1582: 1564: 1558: 1557: 1539: 1533: 1532: 1514: 1508: 1507: 1489: 1480: 1479: 1467: 1461: 1460: 1442: 1436: 1435: 1417: 1411: 1410: 1392: 1386: 1385: 1367: 1361: 1360: 1342: 1333: 1332: 1314: 1308: 1307: 1289: 1159:Kingdom of Aksum 1151:Kingdom of Aksum 1149:Around 500, the 1108:Babylonian exile 1104:Solomon's Temple 1090:, 15 km east of 1039:Byzantine Empire 874:was a native of 850:Sarah of Qurayẓa 401:1st - 3rd c BCE 382:3rd - 1st c BCE 360:3rd - 1st c BCE 153: 150: 3342: 3341: 3337: 3336: 3335: 3333: 3332: 3331: 3297: 3296: 3295: 3290: 3270: 3229:Other religions 3224: 3159: 3082: 3009:Arabic alphabet 2990: 2922: 2909: 2888: 2832: 2804: 2749: 2684: 2679: 2635: 2630: 2629: 2622: 2608: 2604: 2593: 2589: 2582: 2568: 2564: 2553: 2549: 2538: 2534: 2527: 2513: 2509: 2502: 2488: 2484: 2477: 2463: 2459: 2452: 2438: 2434: 2407: 2403: 2396: 2382: 2378: 2367: 2363: 2352: 2348: 2339: 2337: 2331:"MAFRAY-Ḥaṣī 1" 2329: 2328: 2324: 2289: 2285: 2278: 2264: 2260: 2253: 2239: 2235: 2228: 2214: 2210: 2203: 2189: 2185: 2178: 2164: 2160: 2153: 2139: 2132: 2125: 2111: 2107: 2100: 2086: 2082: 2049: 2045: 2010: 2006: 1999: 1985: 1981: 1946: 1942: 1931: 1927: 1920: 1906: 1902: 1895: 1881: 1877: 1842: 1838: 1831: 1817: 1810: 1803: 1789: 1785: 1778: 1764: 1760: 1749: 1745: 1734: 1730: 1723: 1709: 1705: 1668: 1664: 1653: 1649: 1642: 1627: 1623: 1590: 1586: 1579: 1565: 1561: 1554: 1540: 1536: 1529: 1515: 1511: 1504: 1490: 1483: 1468: 1464: 1457: 1443: 1439: 1432: 1418: 1414: 1407: 1393: 1389: 1382: 1368: 1364: 1357: 1343: 1336: 1329: 1315: 1311: 1304: 1290: 1279: 1274: 1257: 1241:and the Syriac 1204: 1187:John of Ephesus 1183:Jacob of Serugh 1147: 1094:. 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Index

Monotheism in pre-Islamic Arabia
Christianity in pre-Islamic Arabia
Judaism
as a religion
Arabian Peninsula
monotheistic religion of Arabia
Southern Arabia
Kingdom of Himyar
Second Temple
Jewish–Roman wars
Persians
Babylonians
Romans
Greek
Aramaic
Arabic
Sabaic
pre-Islamic Arabic languages
epigraphy
onomastics
Nabataean Aramaic
Hegra
Al-Ula
Hegra
Hegra
al-Ula
Hegra
Tayma
Hegra
Hegra

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