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• catalog abstract ""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: the queen comes "to test him with hard questions," all of which he answers to her satisfaction she then praises him and, after an exchange of gifts, returns to her own land. By the Middle Ages, Lassner demonstrates, the focus of the queen's visit had shifted from international to sexual politics. The queen was now portrayed as acting in open defiance of nature's equilibrium and God's design. In these retellings, the authors humbled the queen and thereby restored the world to its proper condition. -- Lassner also examines the Islamization of Jewish themes, using the dramatic accounts of Solomon and his female antagonist as a test case of how Jewish lore penetrated the literary imagination of Muslims. Demonizing the Queen of Sheba thus addresses not only specialists in Jewish and Islamic studies, but also those concerned with issues of cultural transmission and the role of gender in history." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/uchi051/93007499.html.".
• catalog contributor b4602678.
• catalog created "1993.".
• catalog date "1993".
• catalog date "1993.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1993.".
• catalog description ""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: the queen comes "to test him with hard questions," all of which he answers to her satisfaction she then praises him and, after an exchange of gifts, returns to her own land. By the Middle Ages, Lassner demonstrates, the focus of the queen's visit had shifted from international to sexual politics. The queen was now portrayed as acting in open defiance of nature's equilibrium and God's design. In these retellings, the authors humbled the queen and thereby restored the world to its proper condition. -- Lassner also examines the Islamization of Jewish themes, using the dramatic accounts of Solomon and his female antagonist as a test case of how Jewish lore penetrated the literary imagination of Muslims. Demonizing the Queen of Sheba thus addresses not only specialists in Jewish and Islamic studies, but also those concerned with issues of cultural transmission and the role of gender in history." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/uchi051/93007499.html.".
• catalog description "1. Biblical and Postbiblical Accounts. A. The Biblical Account. B. The Midrash Mishle. C. The Midrash ha-Hefez. D. The Targum Sheni to the Book of Esther. E. The Stories of Ben Sira. F. The Origins of the Dangerous/Demonic Queen -- 2. The Quranic Story of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. A. The Account of the Queen's Visit. B. Muslim Scripture and Jewish Sources. C. The Nature of the Quranic Version -- 3. Later Muslim Versions. A. Thalabi's Account. B. The Missing Hoopoe. C. Bilqis. D.A Noble Letter. E. The Mission to Solomon. F. The Queen's Visit. G. The Fate of Bilqis -- 4. A Reading of Thalabi's Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. A. Concern for an Orderly Universe. B. The Prophet's Mandate. C. The Danger of Crossing Gender Boundaries. D. The Queen's Challenge to Man and Divine Order. E. Submission to Male Authority. F. Postscript: Universal versus Particular -- 5. Islamizing Universal and Specifically Jewish Themes. A. The Significance of the Queen's Throne. B. Muslim Markings.".
• catalog description "C. Islamizing the Story of the Hoopoe. D. Jewish Themes and Settings. E. The One Who Had Knowledge of the Book. F. Asaph Son of Berechiah. G. The Mightiest Name of God. H. Traces of Jewish Themes. I. Muslim Uses of the Jewish Past -- 6. The Transfer and Absorption of Cultural Artifacts. A. Islamizing Jewish Memorabilia. B. The Queen's Visit: Some Methodological Considerations. C. Cases in Point. D. Islamized Artifacts Entering/Reentering Jewish Tradition. E. The Queen's Origins: A Late Yemenite Version. F. Solomon's Campaign against the Island King. G. Solomon and the Queen of Sheba According to Saadiah Ben Joseph. H. Recent Jewish Folklore -- Appendix: Texts in Translation. A. The Queen's Visit: 1 Kings 10: 1-13. B. The Queen of Sheba in the Midrash Mishle (Proverbs). C. Riddles of the Midrash ha-Hefez. D. The Targum Sheni to the Book of Esther. E. Pseudo Ben Sira on the Queen's Visit. F. The Yemenite Tale of Saadiah Ben Joseph. G. Recent Jewish Folklore and Folkloric Texts. H. Various Quranic Texts.".
• catalog description "I. Thalabi's Version of Sulayman and Bilqis, the Queen. J. Passages from al-Kisai -- Index of Biblical Verses.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• catalog extent "xv, 281 p. ;".
• catalog identifier "0226469131".
• catalog identifier "0226469158 (pbk.)".
• catalog isPartOf "Chicago studies in the history of Judaism".
• catalog issued "1993".
• catalog issued "1993.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Chicago : University of Chicago Press,".
• catalog subject "296.1/42 20".
• catalog subject "BS580.S48 L37 1993".
• catalog subject "Civilization, Medieval, in literature.".
• catalog subject "Islam Relations Judaism.".
• catalog subject "Islamic literature, Arabic History and criticism.".
• catalog subject "Judaism Relations Islam.".
• catalog subject "Rabbinical literature History and criticism.".
• catalog subject "Sheba, Queen of Legends.".
• catalog subject "Solomon, King of Israel Legends.".
• catalog subject "Thaʻlabī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, -1035. Qiṣaṣ al-anbiyā.".
• catalog subject "Thaʻlabī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, -1035. ʻArāʼis al-majālis fī qiṣaṣ al-anbiyāʼ".
• catalog subject "Women in Islam.".
• catalog subject "Women in Judaism.".
• catalog tableOfContents "1. Biblical and Postbiblical Accounts. A. The Biblical Account. B. The Midrash Mishle. C. The Midrash ha-Hefez. D. The Targum Sheni to the Book of Esther. E. The Stories of Ben Sira. F. The Origins of the Dangerous/Demonic Queen -- 2. The Quranic Story of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. A. The Account of the Queen's Visit. B. Muslim Scripture and Jewish Sources. C. The Nature of the Quranic Version -- 3. Later Muslim Versions. A. Thalabi's Account. B. The Missing Hoopoe. C. Bilqis. D.A Noble Letter. E. The Mission to Solomon. F. The Queen's Visit. G. The Fate of Bilqis -- 4. A Reading of Thalabi's Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. A. Concern for an Orderly Universe. B. The Prophet's Mandate. C. The Danger of Crossing Gender Boundaries. D. The Queen's Challenge to Man and Divine Order. E. Submission to Male Authority. F. Postscript: Universal versus Particular -- 5. Islamizing Universal and Specifically Jewish Themes. A. The Significance of the Queen's Throne. B. Muslim Markings.".
• catalog tableOfContents "C. Islamizing the Story of the Hoopoe. D. Jewish Themes and Settings. E. The One Who Had Knowledge of the Book. F. Asaph Son of Berechiah. G. The Mightiest Name of God. H. Traces of Jewish Themes. I. Muslim Uses of the Jewish Past -- 6. The Transfer and Absorption of Cultural Artifacts. A. Islamizing Jewish Memorabilia. B. The Queen's Visit: Some Methodological Considerations. C. Cases in Point. D. Islamized Artifacts Entering/Reentering Jewish Tradition. E. The Queen's Origins: A Late Yemenite Version. F. Solomon's Campaign against the Island King. G. Solomon and the Queen of Sheba According to Saadiah Ben Joseph. H. Recent Jewish Folklore -- Appendix: Texts in Translation. A. The Queen's Visit: 1 Kings 10: 1-13. B. The Queen of Sheba in the Midrash Mishle (Proverbs). C. Riddles of the Midrash ha-Hefez. D. The Targum Sheni to the Book of Esther. E. Pseudo Ben Sira on the Queen's Visit. F. The Yemenite Tale of Saadiah Ben Joseph. G. Recent Jewish Folklore and Folkloric Texts. H. Various Quranic Texts.".
• catalog tableOfContents "I. Thalabi's Version of Sulayman and Bilqis, the Queen. J. Passages from al-Kisai -- Index of Biblical Verses.".
• catalog title "Demonizing the Queen of Sheba : boundaries of gender and culture in postbiblical Judaism and medieval Islam / Jacob Lassner.".
• catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
• catalog type "Legends. fast".
• catalog type "text".