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Demonizing the Queen of Sheba: Boundaries of Gender and Culture in Postbiblical Judaism and Medieval Islam - Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism Jacob Lassner 1st edition
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Demonizing the Queen of Sheba: Boundaries of Gender and Culture in Postbiblical Judaism and Medieval Islam - Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism
Jacob Lassner
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.
308 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | December 14, 1993 |
| ISBN13 | 9780226469133 |
| Publishers | The University of Chicago Press |
| Pages | 308 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 220 × 20 mm · 624 g |
| Language | English |