%0 Journal Article %T Twelve Imams in Torah: A New approach to the Ishmael Promise %J Emamat Pajouhi %I Imamate Cultural Foundation %Z ‪2588-6533 %A -, - %A -, - %A -, - %D 2013 %\ 12/22/2013 %V 3 %N 12 %P 17-55 %! Twelve Imams in Torah: A New approach to the Ishmael Promise %K the Ishmael Promise in Genesis 17 %K Me’od Me’od %K Rabbī %K Twelve Imams %K descendants of Ishmael %K Imamate in Torah %R %X One of the questions concerning Gen 17: 18 and 20 is whether these verses could be regarded as a promise of the arrival of Muḥammad and the Twelve Shīʿī Imams. According to Abraham’s prayer for his son, Ismael (17: 18), and the way in which it was divinely fulfilled (17: 20), it may be claimed that God promised to Abraham that He will assign “Imamate” to Muḥammad and the Twelve Imams, descendants of Ishmael. This Interpretation is based on the analogy between the term “Rabbī” in Gen 17: 20 and the concept of “Imam” in Shīʿī Islam, as well as some pieces of evidence supporting that Muḥammad is the very referent of “דואמ דואמ” (Me’od Me’od). Furthermore, concordance in etymological study among the names of some of Twelve Shīʿī Imams and those of Ismael’s children in the Gen 25: 1315-corroborates the claim. %U https://jep.emamat.ir/article_59906_44fb55b041196f6deb2f8415521704b9.pdf