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

Summary

Shows how Jewish and Muslim writers transformed the biblical Queen of Sheba from a clever, politically astute sovereign to a demonic force threatening gender boundries. Successive retellings of the biblical story reveal anxieties about gender and illuminate cultural transmission.

Product details

• Authors: Jacob Lassner, Lassner Jacob
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.12.1993
• EAN: 9780226469157
• ISBN: 978-0-226-46915-7
• No. of pages: 308
• Dimensions: 16 mm x 23 mm x 2 mm
• Weight: 425 g
• Series: Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism; Chicago Studies in History of Judaism CSHJ (CHUP); Chicago Studies in History of Judaism CSHJ
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Islam, RELIGION / Judaism / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, RELIGION / Islam / General, RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, Judaism, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls