Yosef Dhu Nuwas, a Sadducean King with Sidelocks
Yosef Dhu Nuwas, a Sadducean King with Sidelocks.
By Ben Abrahamson and Joseph Katz
Published 2007
Abstract:
Traces the history and fortunes of the hellenizing Jewish family of the Tobiads from their Persian roots, to their founding of a petty kingdom at ‘Iraq al-Amir, to the nabatean wars, to the Tubba kings of Himyar; explores 3rd to 5th century Arabia as an extension of the Second Commonwealth, and a direct descendant of the Tobiad petty kingdom; also covers his loss of a replica of the Ark of the Covenant adorned even today with the Tobiad/Himyar dove, now buried under a church in Axum, Ethiopia. Also discusses the derivations of Saracen, Mushreqoon and "Dhu Nuwas".
Chapters
- The Tobiads
- Declaration of Cyrus 538BCE
- Appearance of Ezra, 458 BCE
- The proclamation and assembly
- Heated confrontation with Nehemiah and the Judeans, 445 BCE
- Tobiah accused Nehemiah of rebellion
- Militarily threatened the Judean community
- Attempt to overthrough Nehemiah
- Tobiah retained strong ties to the Judean community
- Tobiah gained a foothold in the temple precinct
- End of Nehemiah's office as governor of Judah, c. 430 BCE
- Sanballat and Darius Codomannus 336-330 BCE
- The 'Elephantine papyri
- The Zenon papyri
- The Maccabean period
- Antipatris and Herod
- The Himyarites, Tubbas and Kindah
- Shamir Yuhar'esh II Tubba', 275 CE
- Yasir Yuhan'im III
- Tharin Yuhan'im
- Serving the Kings of Himyar 275CE-525CE
- Malki Karab Yuha'min, c. 378CE
- Abu Karib As'ad I Tubba', r.390-420CE
- Jews in Kyrgyz
- Conversion to (Rabbinic) Judaism
- Seige of Yatrib
- Satih and Shiqq
- Qusai ibn Kilab ibn Murrah (Qusayy), c. 400-480
- Hassan I Yuha'min Tubba', r.420-450CE
- Expedition to Iraq
- 'Amr Tubba', Regent of Himyar, 450CE
- 'Abd Kulal, Chief of Himyar, r.~460-467
- As'ad II Tubba' ~440-r.450-518
- Al-Harith, General of As'ad II Tubba'
- The Royal House: Hassan II, Shamir al-Janah, and Ya'fur
- Ya'fur
- Mazdakite pesecution
- Shamir Dhu al-Janah, ~495-517
- Shamir's marriage to the daughter of Huna V, 27th Exilarch
- Marthid-ilan Yanuf Aslam, d.~516
- Lakhi'athah Yanuf Dhu Shandtir, d.518
- Yosef Asher Dhu Nuwas (King with beautiful Sidelocks) r. 518-525 CE
- Najran
- Christianity in Arabia
- Relations between Himyar and Abyssia
- Israel Yaakov (Sharah'il Yaq'ub) Dhu Yaz'an
- Bibliography
- The Rulers of Sheba and Himyar
- The Tobiad / Tubba' Dynasty
- The Tobiad / Tubba' Dynasty, (cont')
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