Meet the Queen of Sheba, a scarcely mentioned figure in the Bible who has ... simply by being an “other” — a woman in a man’s world, a foreigner in King Solomon’s court — assumed a symbolic heft far ...

According to legend, Ethiopia is the kingdom of the Biblical Queen of Sheba, mother of Menelek. Upon his maturity, Menelek went to Jerusalem, where he was recognized by Solomon as his son. On his ...