Jethro (Bible)
Jethro (Hebrew יתרו, also: Jethro or Jetro ) is in the Tanach, the Hebrew Bible, the name of the father in law of Moses.
Jethro is also called by other names - Reuel (Ex 2:18), Hobab (Ri 4.11 ) -, but always introduced as the priest of Midian. Thus, he had a cultic leadership position in the tribe of Midian, a nation of warlike nomads. They lived east of the Gulf of Aqaba, but roamed long distances on their campaigns. Her main area of Mount Horeb God is suspected that was identified much later with Mount Sinai in the southern Sinai Peninsula.
After Ex 2.16 ff Jethro had seven daughters, the oldest, Zipporah, he gave Moses for his wife. Near the mountain sanctuary of Midian where Jethro knew his priesthood, Moses met by Ex 3 first time the god YHWH, the Israelites were told as their liberator from slavery in Egypt in the exodus from Egypt.
On this mountain Moses, after describing the second book of Moses his liberated people later. After 18 Ex Jethro advised him to use incorruptible judge and to give them the case law for the people, so to separate cult of legal tasks. At the same time he confessed with a sacrifice to the God of the Israelites: Now I know that Yahweh is greater than all gods. (Ex 18,11 a EU)
Jethro's tomb is venerated in Hittin.
In Islam, Jethro (also known as Shuaib, Shoaib or Shu ʿ ayb (Arabic: " One who shows the right path " )) to an interpretation of the Koran, the Prophet Shu'aib / شعيب / Šu ʿ ayb for the people of Madyan ( Midian ) and the people of the wood ( eng.: people of the wood ). He is often referred to by name and eleven times in the Quran parallel to the missions of the Prophet Lut, Noah, Hud and Salih.
Films
Jethro is represented in several feature films about the history of Israel and of Moses from the following film actors:
- Person in Tanach
- Moses