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ISBN10: 0226469131, ISBN13: 9780226469133, [publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press] Hardcover First Edition Near fine cloth copy with gilt-blocked title to spine. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 281 pp.; 24 cm. Contents; 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. C. Islamizing the Story of the Hoopoe. D. Jewish Themes and Settings. E. The One Who Ha ...
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, Date: 1993. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy with gilt-blocked title to spine. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 281 pp.; 24 cm. Contents; 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. 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. T ...

ISBN10: 0226469131, ISBN13: 9780226469133, [publisher: UNIV OF CHICAGO PRESS. 14.12.1993.] Hardcover XV, 281 Seiten / p. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - serh guter Zustand / very good condition - Introduction -- The Queen of Sheba heard of Solomon’s fame . . . and she came to test him . (I Kings 10: l/II Chron. 9:1) -- This study treats the Queen of Sheba’s visit to King Solomon’s court. To be more precise, it asks how and why the "historic event," a diplomatic mission recorded by the biblical chronicler, was reshaped by later Jewish and Muslim writers to accommodate contemporary values and newly defined concerns. By the Middle Ages, the main focus of the queen’s visit had shifted from international to sexual politics and from diplomatic relations to the more complicated relations between men and women. That is, in its postbiblical and Islamic versions, the queen’s joust with Solomon was portrayed as a dangerous attempt to subvert time-honored rules of gender. -- For writers agitated by thoughts of an empowered distaff side, the queen’s coldness in confronting the great Solomon had wide ramifications. At the least, her presumption in testing the hegemony of men was viewed as a challenge to orderly society. We ...
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University of Chicago Press, Date: 1993-12-14. 1. hardcover. Used: Good. 1993. University of Chicago Press ISBN 0226469131 9780226469133 [US]

ISBN10: 0226469131, ISBN13: 9780226469133, [publisher: University of Chicago Press] Hardcover
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