Talk:Potiphar's wife

Title includes word "legendary"
Why is the word "legendary" in the title of this article? The word "legendary" isn't in the title of the article on Potiphar. Agreed that the article includes a legendary story about her, but her existence seems no less legendary than Potiphar's. DelRayVA192.31.106.34 16:12, 23 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Potiphar is named in the Bible, but his wife is not. Her name is in Legend, but not in Scripture. Erudil 21:19, 21 April 2007 (UTC)


 * There were no oranges in ancient Egypt. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.110.235.47 (talk) 04:20, 27 July 2009 (UTC)


 * If you read the Qur'an, it doesn't refer to them as oranges at all. Perhaps an error in earlier texts. 220.253.13.86 (talk) 12:21, 11 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Upper-class ladies of ancient Egypt would not had peeled their own fruit. They had servants for that. Das Baz, aka Erudil 19:39, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Requested move 2 May 2020

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The result of the move request was: Page moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Jerm (talk) 22:29, 9 May 2020 (UTC)

Zuleikha (tradition) → Potiphar's wife – Like Pontius Pilate's wife (traditionally Claudia Procula), Manoah's wife (traditionally Zelelponith), Pharaoh's daughter (Exodus) (traditionally Bithiah), and Queen of Sheba (traditionally Bilkis), a name not found in the primary source(s) should not be used as the article title. Also per WP:COMMONNAME in English. — the Man in Question (in question)  22:01, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Support move per nom - it's very clearly the common name in English sources. StAnselm (talk) 01:07, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Support, e.g. Lot's wife (Ado or Edith). 62.165.200.11 (talk) 18:22, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Support per others. Johnbod (talk) 00:17, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Support, but note that she's usually called "Potiphar's wife" or "the wife of Potiphar" in English. The same is true of the other examples given above.  But if she were more widely known as "Zuleikha", then that would be the right title.  There are a lot of persons not directly named in the Bible, whose names are known from other sources or traditions—sometimes conflicting ones.  The decision needs to be based on how the person is most widely known, not whether that name or title is found in a particular source.  P Aculeius (talk) 23:41, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Right, I did not speak of a particular source. I said "the primary source(s)". So if a name were not found in the Bible but found, for example, in Herodotus, that would still be a primary source. — the Man in Question (in question)  03:02, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Support per nom. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:07, 6 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Support per nom In ictu oculi (talk) 21:34, 6 May 2020 (UTC)


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