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100 1  Lassner, Jacob. 
245 10 Demonizing the Queen of Sheba :|bboundaries of gender and 
       culture in postbiblical Judaism and medieval Islam /
       |cJacob Lassner. 
264  1 Chicago :|bUniversity of Chicago Press,|c1993. 
300    xv, 281 pages ;|b24 cm. 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
490 1  Chicago studies in the history of Judaism 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  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. Traces of 
       Jewish Themes. I. Muslim Uses of the Jewish Past -- 6. The
       Transfer and Absorption of Cultural Artifacts. A. 
       Islamizing Jewish Memorabilia. B. The Queen's Visit: Some 
       Methodological Considerations. C. Cases in Point. D. 
       Islamized Artifacts Entering/Reentering Jewish Tradition. 
       E. The Queen's Origins: A Late Yemenite Version. F. 
       Solomon's Campaign against the Island King. G. Solomon and
       the Queen of Sheba According to Saadiah Ben Joseph. H. 
       Recent Jewish Folklore -- Appendix: Texts in Translation. 
       A. The Queen's Visit: 1 Kings 10: 1-13. B. The Queen of 
       Sheba in the Midrash Mishle (Proverbs). C. Riddles of the 
       Midrash ha-Hefez. D. The Targum Sheni to the Book of 
       Esther. E. Pseudo Ben Sira on the Queen's Visit. F. The 
       Yemenite Tale of Saadiah Ben Joseph. G. Recent Jewish 
       Folklore and Folkloric Texts. H. Various Quranic Texts. I.
       Thalabi's Version of Sulayman and Bilqis, the Queen. J. 
       Passages from al-Kisai -- Index of Biblical Verses.  
600 00 Sheba,|cQueen of|vLegends. 
600 00 Solomon,|cKing of Israel|vLegends. 
600 10 Thaʻlabī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad,|d-1035.|tʻArāʼis al-
       majālis fī qiṣaṣ al-anbiyāʼ. 
650  0 Rabbinical literature|xHistory and criticism. 
650  0 Islamic literature, Arabic|xHistory and criticism. 
650  0 Civilization, Medieval, in literature. 
650  0 Women in Judaism. 
650  0 Women in Islam. 
650  0 Judaism|xRelations|xIslam. 
650  0 Islam|xRelations|xJudaism. 
830  0 Chicago studies in the history of Judaism. 
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