Judaism In Arab Peninsula in Pre-Islamic Period: An Analysis of the Influence of Judaism and Arabs in the Period of Ignorance

Although the origin of Judaism was not in the Arab Land, the events were behind the Israelites, dispersal. One of the places to which the Jewish migrated was the Arabia Peninsula. This historical research investigates the Jew's presence, activities their influence and other's influence on them among the Arabs in the pre-Islamic period of ignorance until the advent of Islam. In discussing the question of geography of religions and evacuation of a religion its original place, sometimes the evacuation is optional; for example, when the followers of that religion intend to spread their religion (doctrine) among the people of other countries and attract new followers, and sometimes the evacuation is not attributed to optional factors. The evacuation of Judaism from its original land is considered of the first kind; because after Moses, Judaism gradually turned to tribalism, and so the main concern of the followers of this faith was something other than propagation and extension of their beliefs. Therefore, the factors of their existence among the Arabs in the Pre-Islamic period of ignorance are involuntary. This existence had its effects on Arabs and was also liable to be influenced by them. This paper investigates this issue using a historical approach.