Gastvortrag: Prof. Dr. Dina El Omari
The Queen of Sheba: Gender-Sensitive Quranic Hermeneutics in Light of Jewish Intertexts
This comparative exploration of the Queen of Sheba in Jewish and Islamic traditions will open with a brief introduction to the fascinating figure of the Queen of Sheba in Biblical and Rabbinic literature by Jun.-Prof. Hadad, followed by Prof. El Omari’s analysis of her depiction in the Qur’an. The event is open to all students of the Faculty of Theology.
The lecture will take place on Zoom as part the Jewish Studies Program's seminar “Women in the Bible” on Wednesday, December 3, 2025, 15:15–16:45.
Participants are asked to register in advance with Yemima Hadad to receive the Zoom link.
Prof. Dr. Dina El Omari is Professor of Intercultural Religious Education at the Center for Islamic Theology in Münster. Since October 2019, she has also headed the project "The Ambiguity of Islamic-emancipatory Discourses in History and the Present" at the Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics" at the University of Münster. In May 2021 she completed her habilitation process with the habilitation thesis "The Qur'anic human couple in creation and eschatology - an attempt at a historical-literary commentary", which was published by Herder Verlag in winter 2021. Her main research areas are: Islamic feminism, gender, interreligious dialogue, feminist exegesis of the Qur'an, Qur'an and exegesis.
Please Register in advance with Jun.-Prof. Yemima Hadad to receive the Zoom link.
