We read in verse 1, and when the queen of sheba heard of the fame of solomon concerning the name of the lord, she came to test him with hard questions nkjv. The tale of her visit to king solomon has undergone extensive jewish, islamic, and ethiopian elaborations, and has become the subject of one of the most widespread and fertile cycles of legends in the orient. The arrival of the queen of sheba, sinfonia for two oboes and strings by george frideric handel that premiered in london on march 17, 1749, as the first scene of act iii in the oratorio solomon. In this book, jacob lassner shows how successive retellings of the biblical story reveal anxieties about. Boundaries of gender and culture in postbiblical judaism and medieval islam. In this book, jacob lassner shows how successive retellings of the biblical story reveal anxieties about gender and illuminate the processes of cultural transmission. While we learn a lot about the country and their social, religious, and political beliefs in this book, what will draw. In the original story, she brings a caravan of valuable gifts for the israelite king solomon.
In the ethiopian book of aksum, makeda is described as establishing a new capital city at azeba. Queen of sheba ebook 9780802484963 by roberta dorr. Jacob lassner 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. Whatever outstanding qualities are left, these can then be imputed to the queens superhuman origin. In time, jacki grew to accept, even relish, doloress bizarre episodes, marveling at her mothers creative energy and using it to fuel her own.
The queen of sheba and her only son menyelek kbra nagast. The legend of sheba follows the story of the queen who ruled sheba modern day ethiopia during the reign of king solomon. Boundaries of gender and culture in postbiblical judaism and medieval islam, jacob lassner is published by. There is a consensus that the queen of sheba did exist, but it is some of the myths surrounding her that have really endured. General solomon and sheba links kingdom come king solomon king solomon and the queen of sheba lineage permanent queen of sheba display to be unveiled solomon and sheba the queen of sheba. I really enjoyed this book, and while it isnt going to go down in history as great, classic literature, it is a very worthy read.
After receiving these gifts, the queen returns to the land of sheba with her. The tale goes that she was a powerful queen ruling one of the only lands not yet conquered by the great king solomon. She also appears in the quran sura 27 as a queen who submits to solomon, the prophet of allah, and converts to islam. Solomon hebrew shelomoh, means his replacement, perhaps referring to his mother bathshebas first son, who died soon after birth.
The last academic book about the queen of sheba was written twenty years ago. The queen of sheba was an element of discussion in islamic, judaic and christian folklore. I didnt realize this book would be about king solomon, and the queen of sheba. Queen of sheba riddles solomon about indian medical. Boundaries of gender and culture in postbiblical judaism and medieval islam chicago studies in the history of judaism 2nd ed. The queen of sheba, according to the biblical narrative, was a woman of great wealth, beauty, and power. The queen of sheba heard of solomons fame and came to test him with hard questions. The queen of sheba was a queen regnant who appears in the bible. The queen of sheba is a figure first mentioned in the hebrew bible. In jewish legend, she is identified with lilith, queen of demons. The targum sheni second targum is an aramaic translation and elaboration of the book of esther, that embellishes the biblical account with considerable new apocryphal material, not on the face of it directly related to the esther story. Boundaries of gender and culture in postbiblical judaism and medieval islam, jacob lassner is published by university of chicago press.
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. Boundaries of gender and culture in postbiblical judaism and medieval islam chicago studies in the history of judaism 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. The way to get ebooks king solomon and the queen of sheba in pdf epub format is very easy. One of the last of handels many oratorios, solomon is rarely performed in. In her manic phases, dolores became marie antoinette or the queen of sheba, exotically delusional and frightening, yet to young jacki also transcendent, even inspiring. Jacob lassners latest book, demonizing the queen of sheba, is a model of how to study closely related postbiblical texts and their muslim variants. To king solomon of israel she was the queen of sheba. She visited king solomon, spoke to him on equal terms, and was impressed by his intellect and wealth. Explore free books, like the victory garden, and more browse now enter your mobile number or email address below and well send. She brought lavish gifts of precious metals and stones, spices, and beautiful pieces of wood. Jacob lassners excellent demonizing the queen of sheba. After this i saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth, that no wind might blow on earth or sea or against any tree.
Demonizing the queen of sheba university of chicago press. This is an exlibrary book and may have the usual libraryused book markings inside. The quran has an account of the queen of sheba in sura 27. By way of introduction, all this is to say that while demonizing the queen of sheba is, on one level, an examination of the queen of shebas visit to king solomons court as recorded in i kings 10 and ii chronicles 9, lassners agenda is far more ambitious than a simple exposition of the.
This tale has undergone extensive jewish, islamic, and ethiopian elaborations, and has become the subject of one of the. It was also narrated by muhammad bin ishaq from yazid bin ruman that he was asif bin barkhiya and he was a truthful believer who knew the greatest name of allah. However, it deals not at all with the african or christian tradition. Susanna and the queen of sheba in the eyes of jews, christians, and muslims gorgias press, 2006. Pennacchiettis three mirrors for two biblical ladies. Demonizing the queen of sheba by jacob lassner, 9780226469157, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The queen of sheba and her only son menyelek kbra nagast translated by sir e.
Create an account by clicking on the get this book button and select read books or download, log in with your email and password and enjoy more than 1 million ebooks in our online library. Boundaries of gender and culture in postbiblical judaism and medieval islam by lassner, jacob 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. Most historians believe that sheba is modernday yemen in arabia, which would be about 1,200 miles from jerusalem. Riddles and hard questions occur between persons who. Boundaries of gender and culture in postbiblical judaism and medieval islam chicago. The queen of shebas hairy legs beautiful in theory. Besides, the story of the queen of south symbolizes a unification of opposites or dichotomies in various religious and cultural traditions. Ethiopian treasures queen of sheba, aksumite kingdom aksum. The queen of sheba has been called a variety of names by different peoples in different times. An interdisciplinary journal of jewish studies on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. Almalikah balqis is a figure first mentioned in the hebrew bible. Queen of sheba is asked to step into a pavilion with a glass floor. Behind the myth 2002, 44 minutes youtube fabrizio a.
Otherwise known as the queen of the south regina austris, or variously as the sabaean, maqeda makeda, belkis bilqis, or nikaule nicaula, the queen of sheba first appears in the old testament. In islamic tradition she was called bilkis, bilqis, balqis, balquis, bilkish or bilqays by the arabs, who say she came from the. In this book, jacob lassner shows how successive retellings of the biblical story reveal anxieties about gender and illuminate the processes of. The queen of sheba gives king solomon 120 talents of gold, precious stones and the largest quantity of spices ever brought to jerusalem 1 kings 10. Whilst it cannot be proved that the queen of sheba had a son with king solomon, but there is evidence of the queen of shebas visit to king solomon in jerusalem, in the old testament of the holy bible, the first book of kings, chapter 10, verses 1 10 says. Her mother, dolores, suffered from what is now called manic depression. 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. Sheba, believed to be either in ethiopia or yemen by most biblical scholars, was a wellestablished city, and, although there is little evidence outside the bible as to the nature of the monarchy and how it was. In arabic literature, the queen of sheba is often called bilqis. Now when the queen of sheba heard of the fame of solomon, she came to jerusalem to test him with hard questions, having a very great retinue and camels bearing spices and very much gold and precious stones. According to the first book of kings in the bible, the queen of sheba bestowed a total of 4. Boundaries of gender and culture in postbiblical judaism and medieval islam, lassner. Queen of sheba links 11 by tracy marks old testament.
The importance of the book, both for the kings and the people of abyssinia, is clearly shown. Having learned of the incredible wisdom of king solomon, the queen journeyed to israel to see him. Competing interpretations of the figure since biblical times have cast her alternatively as a figure of wisdom and faith, or as suspect and even demonized. The queen of sheba appears in the antiquities of josephus 8. The queen of sheba a match for the bibles king solomon. The chicago distribution center is temporarily closed. What distinguishes daughter of the queen of sheba from any other book about dysfunctional parents. Lassner concludes his book with a rich appendix including.
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