Introduction. Sources and figures - Texts - Patterns and methodology - Job the afflicted. Narratives - Crime and punishment: Job's intrinsic arrogance - Oedipus: Job's relationship with God - Order and chaos: Job as sacred executioner - Conclusions - King Saul. Narratives - Crime and punishment: Saul runs amok - Oedipus: Saul as father - Order and chaos: Saul, a victim of circumstance? - Conclusions - David. Narratives - Crime and punishment: David and the glance - David: from Oedipus to Laius - Order and chaos: David as aspirer to the golden mean - Conclusions - Noah. Narratives - Crime and punishment: Noah's contentiousness - Oedipus: Noah, Canaan and Ham Order and chaos: Noah's uncomfortable utopia - Conclusions.
Thalabi, Ahmad ibn Muhammad, - 1035. - Ara'is al-majalis fi qisas al-anbiya
Prophets, Pre-Islamic
ثعلبی، احمد بن محمد، -۷۲۴؟ ق. عرائس المجالس فی قصص الا نبیاء