Author:Queen of Sheba
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Biblical figure; the tale of her visit to King Solomon has undergone extensive Jewish, Arabian, and Ethiopian elaborations, and has become the subject of one of the most widespread and fertile cycles of legends in the Orient.
Various names ascribed to her in various traditions include: Balkis or Bilkis (Muslim); Makada or Makueda (Ethiopic); Nakuti (Luhya people, Kenya); Nicaula (Josephus and others) Oloye Bilikisu Sungbo (Yoruba clan, Nigeria); Yesaba (Coptic).
Works[edit]
- The Yemenite manuscript Midrash ha-Hefez consists of nineteen riddles which are attributed by its compiler to the Queen of Sheba.
Works about Queen of Sheba[edit]
Ancient and mediaeval works[edit]
- Song of Songs by Solomon (10th century BCE) is considered by some writers (such as Origen) to be about the Queen of Sheba.
- Colloquy of the Queen of Sheba (2nd century)
- Kebra Nagast (The Queen of Sheba and Her Only Son Menyelek, 14th century)
Poetry[edit]
- From Sheba a distant report by John Newton
- Solomon and Balkis by Robert Browning
- Solomon to Sheba by W. B. Yeats
Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.
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