Demonizing The Queen Of Sheba

Boundaries Of Gender And Culture In Postbiblical Judaism And Medieval Islam

by Jacob Lassner
language: english
Publisher: THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS, December of 1993 ‧
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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.

Demonizing The Queen Of Sheba

Boundaries Of Gender And Culture In Postbiblical Judaism And Medieval Islam

by Jacob Lassner

Property Description
ISBN: 9780226469157
Publisher: THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS
Release Date: December of 1993
Language: English
Dimensions: 155 x 227 x 22 mm
Cover: Softcover
Pages: 308
Format: Book
Collection: Chicago Studies In The History Of Judaism
Categories: Books in English > Faith & Religion > Islam and Mohammedanism
EAN: 9780226469157

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