Nabi Shu'ayb

Nabi Shuʿayb (also transliterated Neby Shoaib, Nabi Shuaib, or Nebi Shu'eib, meaning "the Prophet Shuaib"), known in English as Jethro's tomb,^[1]^[2] is a religious shrine west of Tiberias, in the Lower Galilee region of Israel, containing the purported tomb of prophet Shuayb, identified with the biblical Jethro, Moses' father-in-law.^[3]^[4]^[5] The complex hosting the tomb is the most important religious site in the Druze religion. A Druze religious festival takes place in the shrine every year in April.

The Prophet Shuayb was an object of traditional veneration by the Druze through Israel. The shrine figured down to the Israeli-Arab war of 1948 as a place where Druze took vows (nidhr) and made ziyarat ("pilgrimages"). After the 1948 war, Israel placed the maqam (shrine) under exclusive Druze care.^[6]

The tomb of the Prophet Shuaib, originally built outside the village of Hittin, has been a site of annual pilgrimage for the Druze for centuries, with its first mention in historical sources dating back to the 12th century CE. The modern structure dates to 1880.^[7]

^ "Jethro%27s+tomb"&dq="Jethro%27s+tomb" The Life of Saladin [by Beha ed-Din]. The Library of the Palestine Pilgrims' Text Society. Vol. 13 (reprint ed.). AMS Press. 1971 [1897]. pp. 50, 415. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
^ Sir William Foster, ed. (2017) [1931]. The Travels of John Sanderson in the Levant, 1584-1602: With his Autobiography and Selections from his Correspondence. Series II. Routledge for Hakluyt Society. p. 155, n. 4. ISBN 1317013298. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
^ Corduan, Winfried (2013). Neighboring Faiths: A Christian Introduction to World Religions. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-8308-7197-1.
^ Mackey, Sandra (2009). Mirror of the Arab World: Lebanon in Conflict. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-393-33374-9.
^ Lev, David (25 October 2010). "MK Kara: Druze are Descended from Jews". Israel National News. Arutz Sheva. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
^ Mahmoud Yazbak, 'Holy shrines (maqamat) in modern Palestine/Israel and the politics of memory,' in Marshall J. Breger, Yitzhak Reiter, Leonard Hammer (eds.),Holy Places in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Confrontation and Co-existence, Routledge 2010 pp.231-246 p.241.
^ Dana, Nissim. (2003). The Druze in the Middle East: Their Faith, Leadership, Identity and Status, Sussex Academic Press, pp. 28–30.

[0-1] "Jethro%27s+tomb"&dq="Jethro%27s+tomb" The Life of Saladin [by Beha ed-Din]. The Library of the Palestine Pilgrims' Text Society. Vol. 13 (reprint ed.). AMS Press. 1971 [1897]. pp. 50, 415. Retrieved 29 July 2022.

[JS-2] Sir William Foster, ed. (2017) [1931]. The Travels of John Sanderson in the Levant, 1584-1602: With his Autobiography and Selections from his Correspondence. Series II. Routledge for Hakluyt Society. p. 155, n. 4. ISBN 1317013298. Retrieved 29 July 2022.

[3] Corduan, Winfried (2013). Neighboring Faiths: A Christian Introduction to World Religions. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-8308-7197-1.

[4] Mackey, Sandra (2009). Mirror of the Arab World: Lebanon in Conflict. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-393-33374-9.

[5] Lev, David (25 October 2010). "MK Kara: Druze are Descended from Jews". Israel National News. Arutz Sheva. Retrieved 13 April 2011.

[Yazbak_237-9-6] Mahmoud Yazbak, 'Holy shrines (maqamat) in modern Palestine/Israel and the politics of memory,' in Marshall J. Breger, Yitzhak Reiter, Leonard Hammer (eds.),Holy Places in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Confrontation and Co-existence, Routledge 2010 pp.231-246 p.241.

[Dana-7] Dana, Nissim. (2003). The Druze in the Middle East: Their Faith, Leadership, Identity and Status, Sussex Academic Press, pp. 28–30.

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