Talk:Potiphar

Split into two articles?

I'm wondering if you guys think that this article should be split into two articles: Potiphar and Potiphar's wife, similar to the articles Pontius Pilate and Pontius Pilate's wife? For the record, the Bible says much more about Potiphar's wife than it does about Pontius Pilate's wife (she is mentioned in only one verse of the Bible), so I believe that an article on Potiphar's wife is merited. Also, Potiphar's wife, unlike Pontius Pilate's wife, is mentioned in both the Quran and Muslin tradition, so there is plenty of information out there to start an article on her.

Potiphar's wife

Is there any way of including Potiphar's wife's name? Anyone know what it is? --aishel 16:01, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

Nope, I don't think it's ever mentioned in the bible -- and that's the only source we even have for her supposed existence. -- Avocado 22:56, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

Well, I found it doing a google: [1] Her name was Zuleika. Now to add it into the article... --aishel 00:25, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

Please note that the particular Book of Jasher in question is a mediaevalish creation dating from about 1625 - see Sefer haYashar (midrash), and is a midrash (collection of opinions of rabbis of the time), and does not date from Biblical times. --User talk:FDuffy 13:52, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

I arrived here whilst researching differences between the Bible & the Koran. I would like to add that there is a beautiful book in print called 'Yusef and Zuleika' by a reknowned persian mystic called Jami. [I think he was a contempory of Jalaladin Rumi also known as Maulana Rum and often refered to simply as Rumi, the writer of The Masnavi.] Yusef & Zuleika is a poem seemingly about the love between these 2 people, but is a metaphor for the love between a soul searching for union with God and that souls' teacher. —Paul Singh

Jahwist

Unless you're German, the author is named Yahwist and abbreviated J. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 141.164.90.58 (talk • contribs).

Potiphar's Wife's Name

I looked up the above reference for the wife's name, supposedly citing Gen. 39.12. None of my Bibles give a name, and I'm pretty sure no reliable one would. And just as in the Bible, the Qur'an too leaves her nameless. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 141.164.90.58 (talk • contribs).

Zohar

In the Zohar it states Joseph was bought by Potiphar, so he can commit sodomy with him. The verse can be found in VAYESHEV, Chap 19 verse 195. "And Potifar bought him," to commit sin with him, NAMELY SODOMY. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 80.177.2.49 (talk • contribs).

You must be some sort of pervert to even state this crock of bull! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.252.59.251 (talk) 01:21, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

Potiphar

This article is about Potiphar,(and his wife) not about Yusuf and Zulaikha. That is a different article. Hafspajen (talk) 21:15, 5 April 2014 (UTC)

Etymology

The etymology of the name Potiphar is highly debated. The language used should reflect this uncertainty. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.161.207.206 (talk) 19:01, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

Russian article

I tried to add ru:Жена Потифара ("Potiphar's wife") and got: "The link ruwiki:Жена Потифара is already used by item Q15732436. You may remove it from Q15732436 if it does not belong there or merge the items if they are about the exact same topic." I don't know enough to know what the deal is with Q15732436, but it's not a Wikipedia article, and it's ridiculous that there's a Russian Wikipedia article on this exact topic that cannot be linked to it. I hope someone more knowledgeable than I will fix this. Languagehat (talk) 16:20, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

These days, the interwiki links are all associated with a single Wikidata entry. This article is associated with d:Q1148687 (Potiphar), and ru:Жена Потифара is associated with the seperate entry d:Q15732436 (Potiphar's wife). The scope of the two articles is not exactly the same, and so it gets confusing when it comes to Wikidata entries. The Wikidata approach doesn't really fit well with the Wikipedia approach of merging articles when there isn't enough content to have separate ones. JPD (talk) 22:28, 2 February 2017 (UTC)