Demonizing Queen Sheba Boundaries by Lassner Jacob (30 results)

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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Demonizing the Queen of Sheba - Boundaries of Gender and Culture in Postbiblical Judaism and Medieval Islam. Lassner, Jacob. University of Chicago Press, Chicago (1993) 281p. hardcover no dust jacket, boards bumped/scuffed, solid binding, text clean/unmarked, front board bent, first 50 pages crease top pages, else very good condition--9780226469157--10.00. …

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Condition: Good. Envoi rapide Bon Etat couverture défraîchie intérieur propre sans jaquette. 16 21x2 79x23 8cm. 1993. Cartonné. 308 pages. Cet ouvrage de Jacob Lassner spécialiste de l'islam classique analyse comment les traditions juives et musulmanes postbibliques et médiévales ont progressivement transformé la figure biblique de la Reine de Saba. D'une souveraine intelligente et politiquement avisée elle devient une force démoniaque incarnant les anxiétés liées aux frontières du genre et de la culture révélant ainsi les processus de transmission culturelle. Good.…

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Condition: New. 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. Series: Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: HRH; HRJ; HRLK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470. . 1993. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . …

Condition: New. 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. Series: Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: HRH; HRJ; HRLK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470. . 1993. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

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1st 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 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. Subjects; Sheba Queen of ; Legends. Solomon King of Israel. Tha?labi?, Ah?mad ibn Muh?ammad -1035. Rabbinical literature History and criticism. Islamic literature, Arabic. Civilization, Medieval, in literature. 1 Kg.…

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1st 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 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. Subjects; Sheba Queen of ; Legends. Solomon King of Israel. Tha lab , A mad ibn Mu ammad -1035. Rabbinical literature History and criticism. Islamic literature, Arabic. Civilization, Medieval, in literature. 1 Kg.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 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. In this book, Jacob Lassner shows how successive retellings of the biblical story reveal anxieties about gender and illuminate the processes of cultural transmission. The Bible presents the Queen of Sheba's encounter with King Solomon as a diplomatic mission: the queen comes 'to test him with hard questions,' all of which he answers to her satisfaction; she then praises him and, after an exchange of gifts, returns to her own land. By the Middle Ages, Lassner demonstrates, the focus of the queen's visit had shifted from international to sexual politics. The queen was now portrayed as acting in open defiance of nature's equilibrium and God's design. In these retellings, the authors humbled the queen and thereby restored the world to its proper condition. Lassner also examines the Islamization of Jewish themes, using the dramatic accounts of Solomon and his female antagonist as a test case of how Jewish lore penetrated the literary imagination of Muslims. '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.…

Condition: Gut. 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 Solomons fame . . . and she came to test him . (I Kings 10: l/II Chron. 9:1) -- This study treats the Queen of Shebas visit to King Solomons 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 queens 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 queens 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 queens 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. Were, however, that challenge not enough to cause anxiety. Jewish and Muslim writers provoked their audiences with more ominous noughts. Combining arcane scholarship and a playful literary imagination, they transmuted the historic Queen of Sheba, a clever and politically astute sovereign, into a demonic force seeking to dissolve all boundaries of gender. In doing that, they linked the queens striving for political power with the wholesale dissolution of sexually differentiated tasks. Seen in that light, her contest with the great Solomon was not a matter of redefining roles so as to allow women an honored place in the political arena. There was the danger that given political parity, if not advantage, she would tamper with the very essence f Gods design. Any such attempt to alter natures equilibrium was perceived as an obvious threat to all of humankind because, once liberated from their natural function, women may well decide against child rearing and even reproduction. Hence, the queens brazen disregard for the roles that God assigned women resonated to concerns openly shared by all who had a stake in the continuity of the human species. ISBN 9780226469133 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 691 15,2 x 2,8 x 22,9 cm, Originalleinen laminiert / Cloth laminated.…

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