Queen of Sheba
The Queen of Sheba, referred to in the Bible books of 1 Kings and 2 Chronicles, the Qur'an, and Ethiopian history, was the ruler of Sheba, an ancient kingdom which modern archeology speculates was located in present-day Ethiopia or Yemen . Unnamed in the biblical text, she is called Makeda in the Ethiopian tradition, and in Islamic tradition her name is Bilqis. Alternative names given for her have been Nikaule or Nicaula.
The Queen of Sheba in popular culture
Operas
- George Frideric Handel, Solomon (1749)
- Charles Gounod, Reine de Saba (1862)
- Karl Goldmark, Die Königin von Saba (1875)
Movies
- The Queen of Sheba (1921), starring Betty Blythe
- Solomon and Sheba (1959), starring Yul Brynner and Gina Lollobrigida
- The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man (1963), directed by Ron Rice
- Solomon and Sheba (1995), starring Halle Berry
~ Table of Content ~
| ► | Introduction |
| ► | Biblical account |
| ► | Later Jewish legends |
| ► | Qur'anic account |
| ► | Modern Arab view |
| ► | Ethiopian account |
| ► | Renaissance depictions |
| ► | The Queen of Sheba in popular culture |
| ► | See also |
| ► | External links |
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