Appearance and Reality in the Qur'an: Bilqis and Zulaykha

In the Surat al-Naml is an intriguing account of the visit of the Queen of Sheba to Suleyman, a man famous both as a king and a prophet.

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  • Lassner, Jacob, Demonizing the Queen of Sheba: Boundaries of Gender and Culture in Postbiblical Judaism and Medieval Islam, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993.