Demonizing the Queen of Sheba: Boundaries of Gender and Culture in Postbiblical Judaism and Medieval Islam

by Jacob Lassner

Book Overview

Over the centuries, Jewish and Muslim writers transformed the biblical Queen of Sheba from a clever, politically astute sovereign to a demonic force threatening the boundaries of gender. In this book, Jacob Lassner shows how successive retellings of the biblical story reveal anxieties about gender and illuminate the processes of cultural transmission.

The Bible presents the Queen of Sheba's encounter with King Solomon as a diplomatic mission:...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226469131
• ISBN13: 9780226469133
• Release Date: December 1993
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.4"