Tufan Öncesinin Bilinmeyen Atası: Şit
The Unknown Patriarch of Antediluvian Period: Seth

Summary/Abstract: Seth, who is narrated as the representative of Adam’s lineage and the antediluvian patriarch of humankind in the Holy Bible, holds significant importance in the historical narratives of the Jewish and Christian traditions. As a patriarch, he is regarded both the founder of holy lineage from which the prophets, patriarchs and kings emerged, and the forerunner of the sacred scripture tradition with his prophetic character. Although his story is presented briefly and without much detail in Torah-Genesis, Seth gained considerable religious significance in in the Hellenistic Judaism, and this increased further in the early Christianity. The predominance of Jewish wisdom tradition in Seth narratives led to his conceptualization as distinct from the Mosaic Law. Influenced by Gnostic movements, early Christians raised him to a status reminiscent of Jesus Christ. However, when the Judaic-Christian peoples took interest in the marginal beliefs of gnostic Sethian movement, which attributed to him and deemed to be contrary to the Jewish and Christian orthodoxy, the tales about Seth decreased and gradually, he has become an ordinary person of holy scripture. While the Qur'an does not mention Seth, narratives about Seth gradually entered the Islamic tradition, and adapted into an Islamic form. This study examines the historical trajectory of Seth narratives within the Judeo-Christian tradition, beginning with the accounts in the Torah, and analyzes their influence on Islam. Due to the nature of the subject, the study adopts a chronological and comparative approach, offering a historical analysis of the transmitted narratives concerning Seth.

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